The Syntax and Synonyms of the Greek Testament (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

William Webster

9780267747184: The Syntax and Synonyms of the Greek Testament (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0267747187 ISBN 13: 9780267747184

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from The Syntax and Synonyms of the Greek Testament<br/><br/>Another reason for having so sparingly availed myself of the criticisms of Winer is, I must honestly confess, my want of sympathy in the commendations so generally, and, I cannot but think, extravagantly bestowed upon him. The use I have made of his work has been out of deference to public opinion, rather than from a personal sense of its merits. The Grammar by Dr. S. Ch. Schirlitz (giessen), although it is but little known, is a decidedly better work. There may be valuable matter in finer which I have not collected from other sources, but his pages present to my mind an accumulation of unne cessary authorities and unnecessary polemics. By unnecessary authorities, I mean repeated references to authors whose works by no means deserve that degree of credit which can entitle them to be made standards of appeal. By unnecessary polemics, I mean the refutation of absurd and extravagant errors in all branches of Biblical Literature, of which one would think no earnest and sensible student would take any notice, except to dismiss them with contempt....

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