Comments on: The Bane of dismissive scholarship http://www.ntdiscourse.org/2009/09/the-bane-of-dismissive-scholarship/ Removing the mystery from discourse grammar Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:43:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: JJ Miller http://www.ntdiscourse.org/2009/09/the-bane-of-dismissive-scholarship/comment-page-1/#comment-728 JJ Miller Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:03:53 +0000 http://www.ntdiscourse.org/?p=808#comment-728 I have often wondered why we try for the novel...and it may be as simple as: it attracts an audience. If so, the flesh is alive and well. I read an insightful evangelical book last week and immediately saw that a number of other evangelicals attacking the phrasing as heretical. The point of the author was that the anthropomorphic speech COULD lead us to a faulty conclusion. And yet, the basic idea he was presenting was not addressed, only that the way he said it could lead to this error or that error. And how the traditional view ("their view") is best because...." You get the idea. We people sure are funny. We are teachers and we must "be right" even if it means that we don't "get it right." Love the post. I just don't want to have to apply it to my own practices! :) Too convicting. I guess I should stop calling myself "classically reformed" or "classically Calvinistic." Ha! Oh, boy!!!! :) Pray for me and those I teach. JJ I have often wondered why we try for the novel…and it may be as simple as: it attracts an audience. If so, the flesh is alive and well. I read an insightful evangelical book last week and immediately saw that a number of other evangelicals attacking the phrasing as heretical. The point of the author was that the anthropomorphic speech COULD lead us to a faulty conclusion. And yet, the basic idea he was presenting was not addressed, only that the way he said it could lead to this error or that error. And how the traditional view (“their view”) is best because….” You get the idea.

We people sure are funny. We are teachers and we must “be right” even if it means that we don’t “get it right.” Love the post.

I just don’t want to have to apply it to my own practices! :) Too convicting. I guess I should stop calling myself “classically reformed” or “classically Calvinistic.” Ha! Oh, boy!!!! :)

Pray for me and those I teach.
JJ

]]> By: A Plea for Scholarly Engagement « New Testament Interpretation http://www.ntdiscourse.org/2009/09/the-bane-of-dismissive-scholarship/comment-page-1/#comment-726 A Plea for Scholarly Engagement « New Testament Interpretation Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:05:21 +0000 http://www.ntdiscourse.org/?p=808#comment-726 [...] Plea for Scholarly Engagement Steve Runge has posted a fantastic essay on “The Bane of Dismissive Scholarship.” Among his most poignant statements are the following: [T]he literature review and preparation for [...] [...] Plea for Scholarly Engagement Steve Runge has posted a fantastic essay on “The Bane of Dismissive Scholarship.” Among his most poignant statements are the following: [T]he literature review and preparation for [...]

]]> By: Josh Mann http://www.ntdiscourse.org/2009/09/the-bane-of-dismissive-scholarship/comment-page-1/#comment-725 Josh Mann Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:04:07 +0000 http://www.ntdiscourse.org/?p=808#comment-725 Excellent reminder, Steve. In the end, I wonder if scholarship is at times spinning its wheels on account of novelty. Excellent reminder, Steve. In the end, I wonder if scholarship is at times spinning its wheels on account of novelty.

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