From: Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: Tue Jul 23 1996 - 14:49:07 EDT
At 11:45 AM -0400 7/23/96, Jeffery W Grams wrote:
>I have been observing and enjoying the discussion revolving around 1
>Timothy 2:15 - yet I have a general question that *does* pertain to how
>one translates this passage...
>
>What basic assumptions does this "B-Greek" list accept regarding the text
>itself?
>1. Is the Word of God to be considered Verbally Inspired?
>2. Who is to be considered the author of a given text?
>3. Who then is to be considered the intended receptor of a given text?
>4. What time period was a given text written in? Was it revised later?
>
>Or does each member of the B-Greek list have his/her own perspective on
>these questions? If so, to what extent does that influence our ability
>to discuss these texts in such a manner that real progress is made in
>understanding them?
Yes--each member has his/her own perspective on these questions. The range
of perspectives is considerable from ultra-conservative to quite liberal.
There is no orthodoxy of perspective to which members are expected to be
committed, and conversation (electronic, that is) tends to proceed most
smoothly when respect for diversity of views is observed rather strictly,
which, of course, does NOT mean that one must DISGUISE one's perspective
(if that's possible) or state views that run COUNTER to one's own
theological perspective.
>I hope I am not being too forward for a newcomer, and I am sure that
>there are many unasked questions that could join the others above, yet if
>I am going to learn/participate effectively I thought I should ask...
This is a good question to have asked and it's a fact that we have to
remind each other occasionally that the purpose of this list is scholarly
discussion of the Greek text of the NT (and related literature) and not
evangelism for our individual theological stances.
And also, welcome to the list!
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University
One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO, USA 63130
(314) 935-4018
cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu OR cwc@oui.com
WWW: http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~cwconrad/
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