TIP OF THE DAY 21: Name > Etymology (conclusion), Variants
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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Welll.... I understand that the bible is for all cultures for all time. But I think there are times when etymology is pertinent to a good study. Like when the bible is talking about the culture of the Jews or some other group, then it helps to understand how the words were used by that group... I do word studies because of that.
But that is a special study of a word because of the way it was used back then.
Just thinking out loud... [8-|]
xn = Christan man=man -- Acts 11:26 "....and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch".
Barney Fife is my hero! He only uses an abacus with 14 rows!
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xnman said:
But I think there are times when etymology is pertinent to a good study.
I agree but it must be based on a solid understanding of what etymology does and does not tell us.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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The Etymological Fallacy is a thing.
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Antony Brennan said:
The Etymological Fallacy is a thing.
Yes, it is. But there also is the fallacy of abusing the etymological fallacy. The Fallacy relates to the misassignment of meaning; etymology provides history not meaning when not used fallaciously.TIP OF THE DAY 20: Name > Etymology - Logos Forums discusses the information one has to turn to etymology for ...data that when used does not lead to the etymological fallacy.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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MJ. Smith said:xnman said:
But I think there are times when etymology is pertinent to a good study.
I agree but it must be based on a solid understanding of what etymology does and does not tell us.
welll.... not for me... I need to understand the principle of how to do a good word study... but the etymology itself does not tell us anything. That is fallacy added to etymology... I may use a shovel to dig a ditch... but I just need to know how to use the shovel... not dig into what the shovel thinks... One can build all kinds of theories as to how the shovel thinks... lol
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xn = Christan man=man -- Acts 11:26 "....and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch".
Barney Fife is my hero! He only uses an abacus with 14 rows!
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But first you have to be able to find the shovel in the toolshed.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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MJ. Smith said:
But first you have to be able to find the shovel in the toolshed.
How do you know how messy my toolshed is??? hmmm... LOL
xn = Christan man=man -- Acts 11:26 "....and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch".
Barney Fife is my hero! He only uses an abacus with 14 rows!
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MJ. Smith said:
But first you have to be able to find the shovel in the toolshed.
No lie, this was the exact complaint my wife brought to me this week (gardening). Amazing how practical Bible study can be!
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