[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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