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His studies on textual criticism, however, were only from a historical perspective. To my knowledge, he never picked up any text in Ugaritic or Akkadian, and had never studied comparative Semitic philology or Old Testament text criticism. He is relying on *historical* views from the seventeenth century. The history of Textual Criticism and Northwest Semitic Philology in the seventeenth century is not the same thing as studying these areas as a discipline.
Hence, I would say that my point remains valid. As Greg Bahnsen said, would you allow someone to operate on your heart who has never been to medical school and knows nothing about heart operations who is relying upon books on surgery that were written back in the seventeenth century? Such violates all common sense. Yet, for some reason, when it comes to God's word, this is the kind of care we take.
God Bless,
Adam
It is a bit misleading to call Dr. Letis a "Church Historian" in a way that makes it sound like his work was not related specifically to textual criticism. Especially when in fact all his academic career was focused upon textual criticism and his Ph.D work at Edinburgh was on textual criticism.
His studies on textual criticism, however, were only from a historical perspective. To my knowledge, he never picked up any text in Ugaritic or Akkadian, and had never studied comparative Semitic philology or Old Testament text criticism. He is relying on *historical* views from the seventeenth century. The history of Textual Criticism and Northwest Semitic Philology in the seventeenth century is not the same thing as studying these areas as a discipline.
Hence, I would say that my point remains valid. As Greg Bahnsen said, would you allow someone to operate on your heart who has never been to medical school and knows nothing about heart operations who is relying upon books on surgery that were written back in the seventeenth century? Such violates all common sense. Yet, for some reason, when it comes to God's word, this is the kind of care we take.
God Bless,
Adam