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Post by Todd on Mar 20, 2017 21:08:00 GMT -6
There is never a time when theology ought to be called into service as an aid to exegesis. To read theology into a text whence it was partially drawn, is to squeeze an entire doctrine into one occurrence of the word that originally contributed but a part to the finished doctrine. Context cannot bear theology, only semantics.
Todd
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Post by wally on Jul 16, 2017 6:34:51 GMT -6
Todd, is what you are saying is that theology does not determine exegesis, but rather that exegesis should define theology? With that I agree. I love theology for it is nothing more than an attempt to set out what we know about God. All of us have a theology - I pray ours is derived from Scripture.
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Post by Todd on Jul 16, 2017 11:27:37 GMT -6
Todd, is what you are saying is that theology does not determine exegesis, but rather that exegesis should define theology? With that I agree. I love theology for it is nothing more than an attempt to set out what we know about God. All of us have a theology - I pray ours is derived from Scripture. Wally: That is essentially right. When theology is read back into scripture, there are usually theological problems generated, but there are always semantic problems created. James Barr, in The Semantics of Biblical Language, makes this very clear and points out that this is why Kittle's Theological Dictionary of the New Testament should be used very carefully, and perhaps not for exegetical purposes at all. -Todd |
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