[B-Greek] Mark 3:13-19 Translation Issues

Mike Sangrey MSangrey at BlueFeltHat.org
Tue Nov 15 16:07:46 EST 2005


May I just say (and then not deal again with the issue that Dan's
postings bring up):

One of the fundamental rules I follow in exegesis (ie. understanding
what the original text says) is this:  If you can't convey in plain
English what you think the original Greek says, then you don't
understand what the original says.

If we can't convey the meaning in the language we are fluent in, then
either we are not fluent in the language we think we're fluent in, or we
don't understand the meaning we want to convey, or the meaning we want
to convey doesn't make sense to begin with.

-- 
Mike Sangrey                               (msangrey AT BlueFeltHat.org)
Exegetitor.blogspot.com
Landisburg, Pa.
                        "The first one last wins."
            "A net of highly cohesive details reveals the truth."




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