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Mike Winger idea 2022-04-13

LSJ vs. BDAG on prostatis: wrong lexicon used; BDAG says 'patron/benefactor,' not 'leader'

Mike identifies a significant lexical error in Payne's argument.

Philip Payne prostatis LSJ lexicon
Mike Winger idea 2022-07-18

Cervin uses only author-specific lexicons (Plato, Thucydides) from much earlier periods of Greek — not Koine Greek

Mike critiques Cervin's substitution of classical Greek lexicons for NT lexicons.

Plato Wayne Grudem Richard Cervin
Mike Winger idea 2022-07-18

The LSJ focuses on classical Greek (8th-4th century BC), not biblical Greek — its kephale entry ignores NT examples

Mike explains the limitations of the LSJ for NT interpretation.

kephale BDAG LSJ (Liddell-Scott-Jones)
Mike Winger idea 2022-07-18

Grudem argues the LSJ should be revised and provides extensive Greek examples of kephale meaning authority

Mike presents Grudem's broader argument about the LSJ's inadequacy.

kephale Wayne Grudem LSJ revision needed
Mike Winger idea 2023-11-22

Koine Greek vs. Classical/Attic Greek distinction and its relevance to authenteo

Mike explains the critical linguistic distinction between Classical Greek and the Koine Greek of the NT period.

authenteo Koine Greek Classical Greek
Mike Winger idea 2023-11-22

The Atticist movement and its impact on word study

Mike explains the Atticist literary movement and why it complicates the study of authenteo.

authenteo Al Wolters Koine Greek
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-01

Jim's claim about Koine Greek: the New Testament was written in a prestige dialect used only by wealthy, educated elites — not a common language

Third major claim Mike refutes

apologetics New Testament Koine Greek
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-01

Refutation: Koine Greek is literally the 'common language' — the word koine means 'common' — it was a simplified lingua franca spread through Alexander the Great's empire, the exact opposite of an elite dialect

Mike corrects the Koine Greek claim with a university linguistics source

apologetics New Testament Koine Greek
Mike Winger idea 2021-01-29

Visiting moments in Scripture: creation of Adam and Eve (OT); Road to Emmaus Christological exposition (NT)

Hypothetical question from Bree Herb about which biblical moment Mike would most want to witness.

Luke 24:13-35 creation Adam and Eve Luke 24:13-35