From: Ward Powers (bwpowers@eagles.bbs.net.au)
Date: Fri Jul 03 1998 - 10:45:38 EDT
At 09:46 98/07/03 -0400, Jonathan wrote:
>The phrase "what a passage means" is wonderfully ambiguous. Certainly, one
>of the main reasons for B-Greek is to help us figure out what passages
>mean, and that does require some interpretation (another wonderfully
>ambiguous word).
>
>Theology, however, is not a tool we use to interpret passages here. Syntax,
>context, discourse analysis - these are very much in-bounds. Obviously,
>what we read in scripture may have ramifications for our theology, but our
>theology should not determine what we read in scripture.
>
>Jonathan
Agreed. Totally and unreservedly.
Ward
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