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  • From: "John W. Leys" <eliyahu5733 AT jerusalem.zzn.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] God vs angels in Ps 8:5
  • Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 19:27:18 -0500

Deborah Millier wrote:

My point? We can implicitly trust BDB to tell us what
�the plain literal meaning of the text� truly is. (But
is that what the *biblical author* intended?. . .
I said nothing about authorial intent. There is absolutely no way to acertain the intent of any author without directly questioning them--and even then you have to be able to trust that they are being honest. I spoke of determinining the plain meaning of the text. Can the plain meaning and the intent of the author differ? Sure, but its the best that we can do. What appears in the NT (as well in Rabbinic literature) are theological interpretations of the text written by people who were also not native speakers of Biblical Hebrew.

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John W. Leys
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