[B-Greek] Campbell and Aktionsart
Mitch Larramore
mitchlarramore at yahoo.com
Mon Apr 6 00:17:36 EDT 2009
Pastor Mishoe:
I think your post may not be appreciated by many, perhaps even misunderstood, but for what it's worth, I agree with you.
But you said it, not me :o )
Mitch Larramore
Sugar Land, Texas
--- On Sun, 4/5/09, Eddie Mishoe <edmishoe at yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: Eddie Mishoe <edmishoe at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Campbell and Aktionsart
> To: "B- Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Sunday, April 5, 2009, 5:06 PM
>
> My only concern at this stage of the discussion is that we
> not ascribe the title "scholar" to anyone with a degree and
> wants to contribute to the discussion of Verbal Aspect, or
> other Greek-related topics. Campbell, IMHO, has another 20
> years to go before we can even think about putting the title
> 'scholar' before his name. I think it is time we return to
> the idea that a scholar is one with many, many years of
> research and original works in the subject at hand. This is
> not meant to be derogatory at all. But we simply can't allow
> all contributors to Greek topics to grab the title
> 'scholar.' How do we put Rodney Decker in the same
> category as McKay and Fanning? How does a review my M Aubrey
> hold any significance at this stage in his academic journey.
> How does a new kid on the block "refute" Dr. Buth, who was a
> scholar in the genuine sense of the term before a few
> mentioned in this discussion were born?
>
> Carl Conrad has warned us against putting too much emphasis
> on a degree, as if a PhD qualifies one to be considered a
> scholar, or the lack of a degree immediately disqualifies
> someone from interacting at the scholarly level. We are to
> judge a person by the contents of their argument. I agree,
> but the term 'scholar' has been cheapened over the years if
> you ask me. Anyone with a PhD and writes a book is ipso
> facto given the title 'scholar.' If you ask me, I really
> think we need to hold off on conferring the title 'scholar'
> for such as Robertson, Metzger, Bengel, Tischendorf, Porter,
> Tregelles, Colwell, Aland, Smyth, Conrad, Buth, Nida, Brown,
> the BDAG guys, Spicq, and -- before I get in trouble for
> leaving out your favorite scholar -- many, many more. A
> scholar is not one who can amass a boat-load of data. In
> fact, I'm basically defining 'scholar' by the list I've just
> given. If someone fits in their category, they're a
> scholar.
>
> I just have a hard time reading works by Aubrey, Campbell,
> Baldwin, Decker, etc. as if all contributors to Verbal
> Aspect or other Greek discussions hold equal academic
> weight. I know this is going to be taken the wrong way, and
> there is nothing I can do to thwart that. But the list of
> scholars I gave above is intended to show you the class I am
> referring to when I mean "scholar." There are a lot of
> qualified professors to write on Greek related topics, but
> we need to reserve the title 'scholar' for a few. BTW, being
> a scholar doesn't make his/her view correct; I'm simply
> acknowledging those whose accomplishments and/or
> publications are rather known intuitively as original and
> brilliant, terms you would not generally associate with many
> of the 'scholars' we cite.
>
> With all the above said, I apologize for those who disagree
> or who want to argue this point.
>
> Eddie Mishoe
> Pastor
>
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