[B-Greek] NWT Translation
Joe Hightower
boeinguy2 at yahoo.com
Fri Feb 24 12:41:26 EST 2006
I would like to add another opinion, nothing more than an opinion on the value of this thread.
Many of you who post here are scholars and very learned. You have studied a topic like this deeply and carefully considered the many ramifications of the various options and the supporting data. It may be tiresome to cover this one more time.
Please consider that those of us who are serious bible students, but would not be considered scholars, can and do learn a great deal just from 'listening in' on these discussions. The many details added here included information that I had not heard before. (I have yet to do a serious study of the Gospel of John.) I benefited from the list that Dr. Conrad put together of past threads.
Critical commentaries are excellent sources of information, however, the value of seeing this topic discussed is found in watching the interactions as people dialog, which a critical commentary cannot supply. The same value is derived from the discussions of grammatical questions. Grammars are the first place to go, but application of grammars is highlighted by the discussions here. I learn as much from watching these interchanges as I do from the grammars and commentaries. Many experts present their ideas as if theirs is the only answer, yet experts do not always agree. Dialog is an excellent way to learn where those differences occur. (That is why I own 4 grammars, I learn from each but can also see where differences exist.)
For these reasons, I am grateful that this was brought up here. When I do begin that serious look through the Gospel of John, I will have threads like these to use as sources for additional materials and opinions.
There are many teachers in this group, don't forget to be patient with the 'students' who are also here.
Joe C. Hightower
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