Re: Criteria

• To: George Aichele <0004705237@mcimail.com>, nt-greek@virginia.edu
• Subject: Re: Criteria
• From: Carl Conrad <C25001CC@wuvmd.wustl.edu>
• Date: Wed, 30 Mar 94 18:27:33 CST
• In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 30 Mar 94 16:15 EST

On Wed, 30 Mar 94 16:15 EST you said:
>Perhaps more to the point is whether one is going to be critical
>of the texts (and also, necessarily, of one's own methodology) or
>not.  The question of the authentic text is a theological one,
>and Bob Funk (Westar's founder) knows that.
>
>George Aichele
>(Adrian College)
>470-5237@mcimail.com


Wouldn't it be more accurate to say, if one must say something like this, that
the question of the authentic text (of the gospels) is a theological one, but
the question of the authenticity of sayings attributed to Jesus in the gospels
is strictly a historical one?

CARL W. CONRAD, C25001CC@WUVMD.BITNET OR C25001CC@WUVMD.WUSTL.EDU
Classics, Washington University, One Brookings Dr., St. Louis, MO 63130
Phone: (314) 935-4018

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