[B-Greek] ENOUGH PLEASE RE: XTalk Seminar with Gerd Ludemann

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Dec 1 20:23:27 EST 2004


Please let's not continue this exchange any longer. Apart from what may
have offended list-members in the original announcement with the full
publisher's blurb, we've gone on to public castigation of list-members and
inappropriate comments about scholars, regardless of what anyone may think
of his/her/their work.

>From the B-Greek FAQ:

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bear specifically upon interpretation of a particular Greek text, Neither
is it a forum general or specific hermeneutical or theological issues.

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convictions are but what the Greek text may legitimately be understood to
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Carl W. Conrad
Co-Chair, B-Greek List
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
WWW: http://www.ioa.com/~cwconrad/



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