Re: C. H. Dodd and honest citation

Ben Crick (ben.crick@argonet.co.uk)
Wed, 8 Oct 97 23:24:35

On Wed 8 Oct 97 (13:47:21), jwest@highland.net wrote:
> Quite so. Which leads to a further observation; when citations are
> made, they must be made fairly and not skewed in such a way as to erect
> a straw man....

Hi Jim,

Agreed. I wrote to Brian thanking him for giving us the /ipsissima verba/ of
CH Dodd. Not possessing his commentary in my personal library, I was relying
on frail human memory from 30+ years ago.

But considering the corrected quotation, it doesn't nullify my point in the
slightest. It's more gently put, but no less demeaning of Paul and Holy Writ
as ever I thought. As the curate with the bad egg said to the bishop, "Parts
of it are excellent" (/The Reverend Mr Punch/, cartoon "True Humility").

Now let's all get back to b-greek.....

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