[B-Greek] Interlinear Scripture Analyzer [Should lay-people be given such tools?]
Jonathan Robie
jonathan.robie at datadirect.com
Sun Oct 12 22:14:14 EDT 2003
At 06:20 PM 10/12/2003, Doug Hoxworth wrote:
>but then i read some of mounce's stuff in what he's been doing lately with
>his english-greek interlinear and "greek for the rest of us" as well as
>some comments on jonathan robie's (sp?) site about mistakes that we've all
>made and i understood the other perspective. why not make tools to help
>everyone (even those who don't have the priviledge to learn the original
>languages) to learn a bit more of God's word? people will distort the
>truth no matter what tools are available and the alternative (#1) is that
>we lock up any tools and only allow "the initiated" to handle the sacred word.
Hi Doug,
This is, of course, a tough one. Practically speaking, nobody is going to
stop using an Interlinear or any other tool because we disapprove. For me,
the real issue is not what tools people are allowed to use for learning,
but the approach people should take when teaching. Use all the tools you
want for getting started and figuring out what questions you want to ask
those who know more.
But if you want to give authoritative opinions about what a text says "in
the original Greek", I think it is wise to make sure that you have good
reason to be confident that you really know enough to warrant that claim.
Anyone who needs an Interlinear probably isn't ready to present him/herself
as an expert. Then again, those who are loudest about their own expertise
usually aren't the experts...
Jonathan
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