[B-Greek] Textual Criticism & Exegesis
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Thu Apr 14 07:27:57 EDT 2005
At 9:53 PM -0500 4/13/05, David Bielby wrote:
>I'm sure this question has been answered before, but I have no option to
>search the archives on my screen anymore.
>
>Are we allowed to dive into textual criticism questions on this group? In
>particular when one is wrestling with options
>
>of the text for exegesis purposes, where can I interact with others on those
>issues?
The statement in the FAQ (http://www.ibiblio.org/bgreek/faq.txt)
was meant to be as clear as possible; here's what it says:
"Some topics ordinarily discussed on B-Greek are:
"--The Greek language of the Bible and related texts such as the Greek
OT(Septuagint/LXX), Koiné Greek texts illustrative of the practice of
speakers and writers of Greek in the NT era, Patristic Greek texts, etc.;
--Resources for teaching and learning (Biblical) Greek: lexica, grammars,
morphological charts, web-sites, discussion-lists, etc.--including answers
to questions raised by beginners, whether they are working their own way
through a Greek textbook or studying Greek formally in schools;
--Bibliography pertaining to Biblical Greek topics;
--Specific Greek passages in the Biblical text about which one wishes to
raise questions or suggest alternative approaches;
--questions about Greek textual variants bearing on the interpretation of a
particular passage may be appropriate (but not general discussion of
textual criticism itself--for which there is a special list of its own; if
you are interested, you can find more information at
<http://rosetta.atla-certr.org/TC/TC-main.html#tc-list>).
B-Greek is not a forum for general Bible issues, except insofar as they may
bear specifically upon interpretation of a particular Greek text, Neither
is it a forum general or specific hermeneutical or theological issues."
Of course the original TC list indicated in the above statement is defunct.
But Wieland Willker's (relatively) new Textual Criticism list deals with
these questions:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/textualcriticism/
We have had, even recently, discussions of particular passages where
significant variant readings imply considerable difference in understanding
a text's meaning. There's been no restriction on discussions of that sort,
but we discourage general discussion about textual criticism, relative
worth of text-families, etc.
--
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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