[B-Greek] Romans 16:7
Jim West
jwest at highland.net
Tue Dec 21 12:31:07 EST 2004
At 12:18 PM 12/21/2004, you wrote:
>HH: This issue is also addressed in the following link, and it is treated
>there at more length than the gender of the name:
And that too from a decidedly ideological viewpoint. Would one really
expect Wallace, a well respected, very conservative scholar to say that
Junia was a woman or an apostle? Hardly. Predisposition in finding what
one believes should be there is a significant hindrance in authentic and
unbiased exegesis. To be sure, no matter which "side" one is on in the
matter, the other will accuse one of being biased. I would think, though,
that by the cusp of the 21st century we would be beyond that sort of thing
in biblical studies. Clearly we are not yet- but that doesn't mean we
shouldn't be.
Finally, is it even possible for students of the Greek language to set
aside their preconceptions about what the Bible "should say" to what it
actually does say? If, for example, any of us read the name under
discussion in a non biblical text in a context just as clear as the
present, would we honestly assert that it is a male name? The answer is, I
think, no.
Best
Jim
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