RE: Reason for B-Greek

From: Hultberg, Alan (alan_hultberg@peter.biola.edu)
Date: Thu Dec 10 1998 - 10:46:46 EST


Thanks for the excellent observation. I couldn't agree more.

Alan
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>From: Carl W. Conrad on Thu, Dec 10, 1998 7:43 AM
>Subject: RE: Reason for B-Greek
>To: Hultberg, Alan
>Cc: Biblical Greek
>
>At 7:17 AM -0800 12/10/98, Hultberg, Alan wrote:
>>John Wesley said something to the effect that "unless you can read and
>>understand the original languages of the Bible, you are at the mercy of
anyone
>>who *purports* to read and understand them!"
>
>I can't help but offer a corollary to this: "Once you feel confident that
>you CAN read and understand the original languages of the Bible, you BECOME
>one who *purports* to read and understand them!"
>
>Bottom line: Learn the original languages of the Bible to protect yourself
>from those who *purport* to read and understand them.
>
>But alas: who can protect us from our own deficiencies? A good reason to
>pray, even when reading the Bible in the original language(s).
>
>Carl W. Conrad
>Department of Classics/Washington University
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>To: "Hultberg, Alan" <alan_hultberg@peter.biola.edu>
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