18 Mar '08 16:38>
Originally posted by FreakyKBHIt is because I have asked these questions -- who was the author and who was the audience --
Funny stuff. Only from an arrogant mind can come questions so heavily loaded as these. Who wrote the piece? Who was the intended audience? Such questions never burden the arrogant mind: they are more content in their insistence that a first century author sound exactly like a 21st century investigative reporter. Keep dreamin', bro.
that I am comfortable with the contradictions. That is, I don't insist that the Gospels (e.g.) are
free of errors and contradictions, because I know that the authors were only shaping the stories
(as all authors do) to suit their particular hermeneutic -- their and their audiences beliefs and
interests.
Why do you think I read the NAB more frequently than any other English translation? Because the
footnotes call especial attention to such instances as these, and the authors of those footnotes are
unashamed to say things like 'St Matthew misunderstood the prophecy.'
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