From: Edward Hobbs (EHOBBS@WELLESLEY.EDU)
Date: Fri Jan 16 1998 - 17:41:20 EST
Carl,
GOOD for you!
(The hermeneutical principle is: We must believe all things in Scripture,
in the Canon; if this text says something we do NOT believe, it must be
interpreted in some unusual way, so as not to threaten our belief-system.)
"Highly suspect indeed, with the added difficulty that this text is itself
scriptural and on the basis of its possible interpretation may posit a
teaching of a post-resurrection preaching to the departed. This gets into
hermeneutics, which is not an appropriate subject for discussion here. I
note only that this text, with all the problems it involves, IS part of
the canon."
Hurrah!
Edward
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