Jerry: On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 9:49 PM, Jerry Shepherd <[email protected]>wrote:
> Karl: "This is completely backwards—I don’t straitjacket the text, rather > the text leads to the understanding. If one defines each word’s use by > its immediate context, if taken to its logical conclusion, results in > linguistic chaos where meanings are subject to one’s personal whims. There > needs to be some discipline. What do you suggest should be the discipline?" > > > > Jerry: When you come to the biblical text with the preconceived notion > that a lexeme in all its occurrences has "one unique meaning" you are > inevitably going to distort the text. Languages don't work that way; > texts don't work that way. The recognition that a lexeme can have > different meanings by no way leads to linguistic chaos. That is simply a > fiction of your imagination. Yes, there is a discipline, and the grand > majority of biblical scholars are well trained in that discipline. In > the next day or two, I'll start a separate thread on a particular Hebrew > word to demonstrate how that discipline works. > This is a nonsense answer, in that you haven’t defined your terms. > > > Blessings, > > > > Jerry > > Jerry Shepherd > Taylor Seminary > Edmonton, Alberta > [email protected] > > > Karl W. Randolph.
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