From: Joseph Fremer (jfremer@grfn.org)
Date: Wed Jan 03 1996 - 23:43:58 EST
On Wed, 3 Jan 1996, Indepen wrote:
>
> for it merely means a "missing of the mark." Given that, is Greek the
> wrong language for transmission of Jesus's revision of Judaic tradition?
No, for two reasons.
(1) It was a good lingua franca, thanks to Alexander the Great and his
vigorous Hellenization of the Western world. Latin just wouldn't have
done as well.
(2) It was the one God did in fact choose to transmit these matters in,
so any second guessing is moot...
<grin>
Joe Fremer
Pastor, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Lowell, MI
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