[B-Greek] First Corinthians 14:18

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Sep 24 05:46:32 EDT 2003


At 9:42 AM +0300 9/24/03, Iver wrote:
>I am tempted to comment on Carl's comment, but that is difficult since he
>moved into theology by introducing "ecstatic speech" which is foreign to the
>text and context.

My apologies to the list if it is true, as I suspect it is, that others too
have felt that I "moved into theology" with this comment:

>All it says is "more than you all." It probably does NOT mean that he speak
>more languages inasmuch as the "tongue-speaking" under discussion here
>would seem, from the immediate context of 1 Cor 12-14 to refer to ecstatic
>speech as a religious phenomenon rather than to the languages of human
>culture.

What I ought to have written is that "there is disagreement among
interpreters regarding what LALEIN GLWSSAIS in the context of 1 Cor 12-14
means. I had not thought that stating my view of the probable sense of this
verbal phrase was "moving into theology," nor, in indicating this view, had
I intended to imply that it is the only view of what the phrase means. I am
well aware that there are alternative views.
-- 

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
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