From: Jim West (jwest@highland.net)
Date: Sat Jan 24 1998 - 17:45:24 EST
At 02:01 PM 1/24/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Well, I'm pretty much a tyro in Greek, but it seems to me there are three ways
>to look at "truth":
Whats a tyro?
>
>1. the opposite of falsehood, implying volition, not necessarily constant
This definition says nothing. How does "truth" imply volition? And what on
earth do you mean by "not necessarily constant"?
>2. the opposite of fantasy, implying NO volition, not necessarily constant
Ibid.
>3. the Platonic form of truth, being ontologically perfect and eternal
As I mentioned in my earlier response, the word in question ought not be
translated with a philosphical term, as its meaning is concrete- the
authentic or the genuine as opposed to the false or merely ideal.
>
>Wouldn't "reality" be a pretty good equivalent to #2?
No. Besides, we are not constructing a targum here by retro-translating
English terms into Greek. We are deciding how to bring the fulness of the
Greek word into English so that it retains its vigor and its intention.
>
>Jane Harper
(any relation to W. R. Harper?)
Best,
Jim
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Jim West, ThD
Adjunct Professor of Bible
Quartz Hill School of Theology
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