It boggles my mind that someone can in all seriousness claim that parts of the NT were mistranslated when they have never studied Greek...like how do they not realize they do not have the skills required to make that claim? Hey, i have never studied math but 1 + 1 is not 2!!!
@jenniferguo on the other hand, people pay thousands in tuition dollars for Koine classes where they learn how to do... basically this.
@andrewhwaller @jenniferguo And professors run these courses. Responsibility more on the institution, perhaps?
@MockClay @andrewhwaller I'm sure there's bad teaching, but a lot of it is on students too....bc I have seen a few students who were taught well do this a few years after graduating and I'm like
@jenniferguo @MockClay yeah, the differentiating factor isn’t always training (and many are pointing out Wolf’s clear lack thereof), since even supposedly trained people do the same thing. “untrained” but curious readers can have reasonable views of language and still read well even without Greek.
@andrewhwaller @jenniferguo I’m unsure what the last sentence refers to with respect to this thread. I’m probably missing something, not connecting something
@MockClay @andrewhwaller I think Andrew's just saying that being untrained in Greek doesn't automatically mean that one will do terrible readings like Wolf (the flip side of training doesn't mean one will read well, which Andrew had also pointed out). thread was subtweeting this x.com/naomirwolf/sta…
@MockClay @andrewhwaller I think Andrew's just saying that being untrained in Greek doesn't automatically mean that one will do terrible readings like Wolf (the flip side of training doesn't mean one will read well, which Andrew had also pointed out). thread was subtweeting this x.com/naomirwolf/sta…
@jenniferguo @MockClay yep; I think one can get pretty far with some intellectual curiosity/humility and a decent English translation of the Bible, even while asking the sorts of questions that Wolf appears (???) to be asking! weird gloss-centric misreadings aren't a foregone conclusion.