Notable and Quotable

“If you can’t find the Word in the text, it’s your fault, not the text’s. Go back and read it again.”

–Markus Barth (1915-1994), as quoted by John M. Buchanan in Christian Century, the December 29, 2009 edition, page 3

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One comment on “Notable and Quotable

  1. Sidney says:

    Well, what if I find the Word, but you don’t agree that I found it?

    Oh, right. It’s my fault again.

    If this is what passes for Christian behavior, count me out. Deliver us from this kind of arrogance.