[B-Greek] Review of new Caragounis book

Thomas J. Kraus t.j.kraus at web.de
Wed Aug 3 11:53:08 EDT 2005


On 03.08.2005 17:42 Uhr "Wieland Willker" at <willker at chemie.uni-bremen.de>
wrote:

> Elizabeth Kline wrote:
>> Caragounis' book sounded like it was written in the stone age.
>> ...IMHO, he is traveling down a road that leads to nowhere.
> 
> C Meadows wrote: 
>> I figured he would disagree with Porter and hopefully offer some
>> insightful thoughts also - but it sounds like perhaps Caragounis
>> is going to be a little off the beaten path.
> 
> 
> I found the slating of Porter really refreshing. Finally someone was man
> enough to do this. It was my gut feeling from the beginning that it was Porter
> who "is traveling down a road that leads to nowhere."
> Judging also from what Porter has written elsewhere recently (e.g. in matters
> textual criticism) I cannot take him serious anymore.
> This does not mean that one has to buy everything Caragounis has to say, but
> his interpretations of difficult passages are interesting and worth to read.
> 
> Best wishes
>   Wieland
>      <><

Having read some of the recent contributions to b-greek:
I wonder whether an academic discussion list should employ in pure
statements of taste and distaste directed in favor of or against scholars
and would appreciate a return to scholarly discussions and fairness very
much.
Thanks in advance.

Thomas J. Kraus 

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