From: Will Wagers (hyle@gte.net)
Date: Fri Jul 24 1998 - 09:00:09 EDT
Carl writes:
>To me this is self-evident. Would anyone disagree with the following
>statement?
>
>"Few, if any, B-Greekers make the simplistic assumption that determining
>the precise meanings of words in context, parsing the verbs, nouns, and
>adjectives and construing the syntax of a Biblical Greek verse, is
>sufficient to unlock all the meaning in that verse. But most, if not all
>B-Greekers, do assume, I think, that one must do this spade-work with a
>text before serious exploration of the broad range of questions involved in
>exegesis of the text in question. What we postulate is not that exegesis is
>nothing but grammar, but that grammatical analysis is a SINE QUA NON in the
>exegetical process."
I would go further, believing that grammar, etymology, plus other sources
and sympathetic study is insufficient to unlock the meaning in many cases.
Will Wagers hyle@gte.net "Reality is the best metaphor."
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