tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post6567288648614142966..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Commentary versus revision versus re-translationBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-43509970409502569342011-10-23T06:42:52.300+01:002011-10-23T06:42:52.300+01:00The best strategy is (surely?) to leave the tradit...<i>The best strategy is (surely?) to leave the traditional, (hallowed) text unchanged, and to deal with such concerns by commenting upon them either verbally or in written form.</i><br /><br />I'm far from learned in these things, but I remember debating this precise point with a prominent lay reformer of the Canadian Anglican liturgy 30 long years ago. But there's no getting through to these people, not then, not now. Scratch them a little and, with shocking frequency, they will argue for an explicitly manipulative theory of language, one that would strip the hearer of interpretive power and vest it in them and their allies. <br /><br />For people who speak so confidently of hegemonic this and hegemonic that, you'd think they would twig onto their own lust for hegemony, but it doesn't happen much.<br /><br />CennbeorcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-65214412454859201232011-10-22T19:41:39.696+01:002011-10-22T19:41:39.696+01:00The correct answer?
Says who?
Ancients had no b...The correct answer? <br />Says who? <br /><br />Ancients had no better grasp of language than anyone else. <br />Inspired ancients were no more inspired than inspired moderns. <br /><br />Language is inherently inadequate at describing the indescribable. <br />If moderns are especially good at anything, then it must be their blind reliance upon words to render phenomena understandable. <br /><br />Humility has no "correct" answers. Only best interpretations.The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323413604073160469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-59076994317736841582011-10-20T22:23:25.065+01:002011-10-20T22:23:25.065+01:00I think it is. Note that that is also the way to ...I think it is. Note that that is also the way to unscramble an egg and unmake an omelette.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-80921346564151618052011-10-20T13:05:14.878+01:002011-10-20T13:05:14.878+01:00That sounds as if it might be deep... errr...That sounds as if it might be deep... errr...Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-85312054064572065462011-10-20T10:39:09.643+01:002011-10-20T10:39:09.643+01:00The way to restore an egg is to feed it to a hen.The way to restore an egg is to feed it to a hen.deariemenoreply@blogger.com