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Paul's Method
Robert Low states re the quote from Richard Hays:
>Isn't there a problem with this in that it doesn't logically
>follow? There is nothing to stop one getting to the truth
>via an invalid argument based on mistaken hypotheses
I do have some difficulty with Hays' argument, but not for the reason
you state here. I would argue (generally) that hermeneutic methodology
(by definition) is a function of and tool for culture: to bring
text to life. Methods suitable in one culture, time, and place,
may not be suitable, or understandable, in another. That does not
make them wrong. I refered to Hays' excellent book in the first
place because he addresses the problem in a detailed context of
how Paul interprets Scripture. As I understood the discussion
going on at the time (on this list), that was a live question.
Gary D. Collier
gcollier@diana.cair.du.edu