hannibal.lecture

Cheryl, After doing some research on Hebrew vs Greek thought, it occurs to me that the topic is indeed voluminous. The dissertations written on this subject alone could probably fill a wing of the Alexandrian library (if it still existed). If you’ll permit me, I’ll attempt a brief encapsulation here. Two key words are in order here, dynamic(Hebrew) and static (Greek). Take a sheet of paper and place five dots roughly in the shape of an archway. Now connect the dots with a straight edge. The straight-line segments are rigid, fixed, and unbending (static). Now take a French curve and fit a smooth path through the same points and you’ll see a graphic demonstration of the dynamism of Hebrew thought as opposed to the “either/or” , “if/then” constructs of the Hellenistic mind-set. Again, what’s the point of all this? The apostle Paul had a gentile and largely Greek thinking audience in mind when he wrote his epistles. He became as a Greek in order to win hearts and minds.
Respectfully,
H.