It seems that the simplest explanation of the plain text is the correct answer and the multiplication of words to explain otherwise is hedging and cowtowing to the modern culture because to leave the world and follow Jesus requires sacrifice and giving up of the world. We cannot be friends of the world and friends of Christ, we must pick one to serve. If Paul says women cover your heads, I think that is probably what it means no matter how many words you want to use to refute the plain meaning of the text.
Interestingly, St. Jerome who actually spoke fluently the Greek of the apostles, not the so called scholars of today, translated it that way, so I’m going to go with him and not a self appointed wise guy who wants to justify modern society.
If that is what the text actually says, that would be true. But the point Garwood is making—one I see English speakers make repeatedly—is that translation work is not so simple as word-for-word correlation. The donor or source language (Greek in this case) and the recipient or target language (English) don’t function exactly the same. Then there are the vast cultural nuances and lack of punctuation in Greek. Whether or not Gardwood has correctly articulated the text’s exact meaning doesn’t mean that the meaning of the text is as simple as you are assuming.
We are changing our material to Substack. So, the author of each title is listed as my name, but we are editing them. This essay belongs to Dr. Jason Garwood. But as for me, I find the theory plausible, though I am not thoroughly convinced.
It seems that the simplest explanation of the plain text is the correct answer and the multiplication of words to explain otherwise is hedging and cowtowing to the modern culture because to leave the world and follow Jesus requires sacrifice and giving up of the world. We cannot be friends of the world and friends of Christ, we must pick one to serve. If Paul says women cover your heads, I think that is probably what it means no matter how many words you want to use to refute the plain meaning of the text.
Interestingly, St. Jerome who actually spoke fluently the Greek of the apostles, not the so called scholars of today, translated it that way, so I’m going to go with him and not a self appointed wise guy who wants to justify modern society.
If that is what the text actually says, that would be true. But the point Garwood is making—one I see English speakers make repeatedly—is that translation work is not so simple as word-for-word correlation. The donor or source language (Greek in this case) and the recipient or target language (English) don’t function exactly the same. Then there are the vast cultural nuances and lack of punctuation in Greek. Whether or not Gardwood has correctly articulated the text’s exact meaning doesn’t mean that the meaning of the text is as simple as you are assuming.
Pastor Brito, is it safe to assume that you hold to the quotation theory also?
We are changing our material to Substack. So, the author of each title is listed as my name, but we are editing them. This essay belongs to Dr. Jason Garwood. But as for me, I find the theory plausible, though I am not thoroughly convinced.