Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Heard, Christopher" <Christopher.Heard AT pepperdine.edu>]

On 1/7/05 12:37 PM, "Jerry Shepherd" <jerry.shepherd AT taylor-edu.ca> wrote:

> Well said, Jim.  I would add that the other danger is that because a
> student has a had a year of Greek and/or Hebrew, they may now feel
> qualified to make independent novel suggestions as to what the
> Greek/Hebrew "really says."  In the language classes that I teach at
> seminary I always make a point of telling students (with a smiley face)
> that the goal is not to make them independent exegetes, but to keep them
> making ridiculously stupid mistakes.

Um, Jerry, I really hope you mean "to keep them FROM making ..." :-)

Chris
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