Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Dave Washburn" <dwashbur AT nyx.net>]

> 
> Would anyone be interested in laying out  "the etymological fallacy", pro
> and con?
> I fear I am much prone to it, and would like to see it argued.

The best treatment of it that I've seen is in D. A. Carson, 
"Exegetical Fallacies."  Here's the amazon.com entry for this book:

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                     by D. A. Carson 
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                     Paperback 2nd edition (May 1996) 
                     Baker Book House; ISBN: 0801020867 ; 
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Besides the examples that David gave, my favorite is the English 
word "nice" which comes from Latin "nescius," which means 
"ignorant."  So if someone calls you a nice person, put up your 
dukes :-)

Dave Washburn
http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur
A Bible that's falling apart means a life that isn't.