Fwd: Re: [B-Greek] Ephesians 2:1
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri Apr 15 12:45:36 EDT 2005
>From: David Schultz <philosopher at creighton.edu>
>Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Ephesians 2:1
>Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 11:28:18 -0500
>To: "Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu>
>On Apr 15, 2005, at 6:39 AM, Carl W. Conrad wrote:
>
>> I would have to say nevertheless (i.e. reiterate) that the above
>> distinction seems to me based on nothing more than etymological
>> speculation,
>
>Does Stott provide any support? Does he refer to a source for this or
>just make bald claim? That would settle a lot. The original post just
>sat "Stott says..." or something like that. Have you checked against
>other commentaries? Generally, to me, it is interesting that at times
>some so called meaning or idea is adopted by one, due to imagination
>more than research, quoted by another, and then another, and so on,
>from commentaries into theology books, until it becomes obvious to
>everyone without support. I have seen this as I did detailed studies
>on words and saw the accepted wisdom many times was bunk. One sees this
>in commentaries all the time. Scholarship is hard work and not everyone
>does it. It may not be a 'fallacy' or anything that sophicated, just
>bad scholarship.
I think that this was intended for the list rather than for myself alone. I
should note that it was David Bielby, not myself, who called attention to
the argument in Stott's Commentary on Ephesians; I haven't seen the
commentary nor do I have access to it myself.
>------
>"I know in Greece, at least, a thinker was not a stunted, crippled
>creature who produced works of art, but was himself a work of art."
> (Soren Kierkegaard, "Concluding Unscientific Postscript")
Curious how close to the judgment of his contemporary Nietzsche this
sentiment is; I'm thinking of N's _Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the
Greeks_.
>------
>Philosopher and University Educator...
>...and a lot of things I don't get paid for.
Yes, I remember too well.
--
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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