Re: translations
Brendan McKennedy (suburbantourist@hotmail.com)
Sat, 31 Jan 1998 21:59:09 -0800 (PST)
>
>eh, speaking as someone who has studied a bit of theology and looked at
the
>textual issues surrounding the Christian Scriptures, you've represented
just
>one viable position among many in your post below. The people who have
>adopted that position flatter themselves with the title "The Only
Really
>Objective Bible Scholars," but I've sat thru their classes and know
better
>than to believe that...
>
>;)
>
>Jim
Sheesh! I have to say, I'm incredibly impressed (since I know that was
the reaction you were going for...:)). I do admit that my historical
knowledge of the Bible is extremely amateur, not to mention biased by
bitterness from the first eightteen years of my life...
Even if I felt slightly qualified to respond to what you wrote, I
wouldn't know where to begin. I have done a small bit of freelance
bible research in my local public library, and that's my font of
knowledge. On the other hand, I was trained from the day I was born in
the actual contexts of the scriptures themselves, and have found that
the Gospels not only dissent on certain facts, but in fact repeatedly
impugn extremely important aspects....
Anyway, I don't want to clog bananafish with my Goliath ego versus your
David of knowledge, so I just say thanks. Next time I'll make sure
there aren't any truly knowledgeable folks about before I spout off on
my limited research.
the slightly less reverend
Brendan
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