From: Ben Crick (ben.crick@argonet.co.uk)
Date: Wed Aug 20 1997 - 17:31:34 EDT
On Wed 20 Aug 97 (06:24:21), cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu wrote:
> ... I think it should be noted that the so-called "Higher Criticism" is a
> subject outside the limits of discussion appropriate to B-Greek, while
> "Lower Criticism"--analysis and discussion of the MS traditions of the
> Biblical Greek text--is quite appropriate (I confess to having always
> felt somewhat disturbed by the designation of these two {often
> undisciplined} disciplines as "higher" and "lower" respectively--even
> as by Aristotle's designation of that philosophic realm farthest
> removed from us as "first philosophy"). There is a list concerned
> directly with textual criticism, but ...
[snip]
>
> Although the view I've expressed above is my own, I think I may safely say,
> as a member of the B-Greek Staff, that it represents that views of the
> B-Greek Staff and is consistent with the recently-issued revised B-Greek FAQ.
Dear Carl,
Thank you for your timely intervention. As you are a member of the B-Greek
list staff, could you please post me a copy of the new revised B-Greek FAQ?
I've never yet seen it, though I've been subscribed now for many weeks.
I'll be only too pleased to comply.
-- Revd Ben Crick, BA Bristol, 1963 (hons in Theology) <ben.crick@argonet.co.uk> 232 Canterbury Road, Birchington, Kent, CT7 9TD (UK)
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