Kata Markon

["Jeffrey B. Gibson" <jgibson000 AT home.com>]

JFAlward AT aol.com wrote:

> Swain adds:
>
> This was implied, though not actually stated when you wrote that your take
> on I  Peter 1:16 was that Peter was defending himself and the gospel 
> writers.
> That
> sounds very like Peter of the gospels knows the gospels, the gospel writers,
> and  is the writer of the epistles attributed to him, especialy since you 
> cite I
>
> Peter  to explain II Peter.  So I see where he developed the impression.
>
> ===========
> Alward has the last word :)
>
> Jeffrey clearly assumed without good evidence that I believed that Simon
> Peter was the author of 1 and 2 Peter, and based on that he all but called 
> me
> incompetent.  His own rules call for collegial behavior, so before he went
> public with his most offensive accusation, he should have contacted me
> privately first to determine the facts; it would have been the
> professional--not to mention courteous or kind--thing for a moderator to do,
> don't you think?
>

You may very well be right. And I do see how you would take my message as 
unduly
harsh. But given

(a) what you can now (I hope) see how others besides myself read your message 
as
indicating that you did read **both** 1 **and** 2   Peter not only as if they 
were
both written by the **same** author but that they both came from the hand of 
the
disciple Peter,

(b) that you didn't use the ordinary scholarly conventions when citing 
passages
from these writings (which unlike citing anything from GMatthew, does not 
involve
using the reputed author of that work's name when noting what 1 or 2 Peter
"says"),

(c) that you attempted to do exegesis of Greek texts by reference to an 
English
translation of them, and

(d) that you engaged in proof texting and took passages out of context  to
buttress a claim about what Matthew and "Peter" believed with respect to the
coming of Jesus within the lifetime of his disciples,

I felt not only that I had just cause to wonder about the nature and extent of
your familiarity with NT scholarship and the methods and methodologies for NT
study with which List Members are to be conversant, but that I had no choice 
but
to convey my impressions On List.

If I had done so only privately, there was the danger that other List Members
might gain the impression that  unfamiliarity with NT scholarship and use of
improper argumentative method and methodology was something that was 
acceptable on
Kata Markon.

I trust you understand.  But again, I am willing to apologize if it seemed 
that I
was too harsh in the way I went about doing what was necessary.

Yours,

Jeffrey Gibson


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