[B-Greek] RE; John 2:4 TI EMOI KAI SOI

Jeffrey B. Gibson jgibson000 at comcast.net
Tue Feb 23 19:23:23 EST 2010


Robert George wrote:
> JG wrote (apparently with big, powerful microscope): Jesus was the 
> epitome of goodness and  would consequently never speak disparagingly 
> of anyone, let alone (and especially) of his mother.
I did not say that this was my position.  I said that the belief that 
Jesus was the epitome of goodness was a hidden (and question begging) 
assumption behind the Vasile STANCU 's assertion that " The very fact 
that Jesus addresses his mother with that which we would translate by 
the English "woman" is proof enough that such a formula was not 
desrespectful."

And in any case,  what I DID say was that if was fallacious on a number 
of levels to attempt to determine the meaning of a Greek term by an 
appeal to what a given poster believes about the nature of Jesus' moral 
character.

Jeffrey

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