Ted Hoffman

Yeah - how about it - it could be added like a "sticky" or something.
Too many jargon words are used here antinomians, docetics, platonism, patristic, pastoral, eheumerize, hasmonean, byzantine, theosophical, christological, recension, ebionite, pleroma, acrostic, pseudiepigraphy, panegyric, hellenism, chaldean, gnosticism etc etc. Yeah, yeah, for some a you these are common words.

I think a glossary of terms would be really useful - whaddya say - I am willing to work with anyone who is good to go and who thinks its worth it.

CJD

Jacob, this link should provide anyone's basic glossary needs.

Regards,

CJD

Ted Hoffman

This is what I got when I searched "eheumeristic":

There are no records for euhemeristic at the moment.

Even dictionary.com did better:
Even my beloved wikipedia.org yields nothing "No article title matches".

I hope you do get the point now?

Toto

There are only a few terms here that need more than a dictionary. People sometimes have trouble with "mythicist" or "historicist."

You could start by making a list of the words you think need to be defined in a special glossary.

Peter Kirby

I'm not doing it!

best,
Peter Kirby

Celsus

Well you deserve a break anyway.

If it is done in an FAQ format with additions made gradually as per Toto's suggestion, I'll be happy to compile it. Of course, my sources are extremely limited, so suggestions/sources on good definitions and expositions will be required. Lurkers here who often see terms like hermeneutics and exegesis (what's the difference between those two?! ) are welcome to suggest terms to start a list.

Joel

Doctor X

Make sure you include "embiggens."

A perfectly cromulent word. . . .

--J.D.

Ted Hoffman

There are terms that, in Biblical Criticism and History parlance, have different meanings from the ordinary use of such words.

And I have in mind more words than "mythicism" and agnostic. I dont know if a FAQ will be adequate.

Doctor X

Actually, a "sticky" for this forum would be great because it is always there . . . you do not have to remember some foreign page.

Perhaps a moderator can make it a "work in progress" that people can add to through PMs. That way, said mod can "paste" definitions.

--J.D.

Celsus

Well what I mean is that it shouldn't be considered comprehensive but grow slowly (through suggestions and suggested definitions and sources). So if anyone would like to get the ball rolling, this can be a whole BC&H project, and I'll make sure all the words end up in a nice sticky Glossary at the top. I'm not however, going to do the research for it unless it's a topic that genuinely interests me. Encyclopaedic definitions and entries are also out, just because the thread would get hideously long.

Joel