Biblical Infallibilism in a Pitfall: A Mommonist Twist of the Parable of the Unjust Steward Moon, Kyung Hwan (Yonsei University) This paper centers around the parable of the Unjust Steward appearing at Luke 16:1-13 of the Bible, which strikes one as approaching sheer nonsense, dangerous nonsense at that. How is it that an unfaithful steward, about to be relieved of his position, wins praise from his employer when he carries out his sly plot to steal more from the latter? Biblical infallibilists would maintain that the Holy Scriptures are divinely inspired from beginning to end and therefore are nowhere spotted with any mistakes whatsoever. It is none of their business how one should wade through a murky maze, grappling with the nonsense quiz just mentioned. The crux of the matter, I will argue, has to do with the agelong practice of taking for granted the 'declarative' sentence pattern of Clauses 8 and 9, when they are really questions—'rhetorical questions,' to be more specific—that are pointed at the steward's unfaithfulness, his mammonist attitude. The interrogative reading cracks the puzzle, sending everything back to its place. What we have here, though, is not merely an issue about 'sentence patterns.' We are dealing with a grave situation in which the declarative reading at issue is being capitalized on imprudently—or rather, impudently—by some churchmen who wish to warrant their own earthly purposes. The 'question mark' that this study unearths and retrieves at the ends of the sentences under consideration hopes to bring to a full stop the familiar sorts of mammonist subterfuge that a careless or mindless soul would habitually and conveniently resort to.
국제언어인문학회 [INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR HUMANISTIC STUDIES IN LANGUAGE]
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국제언어인문학회는 '언어를 통한 인문학 연구'의 필요성에 동감하는 여러 전공분야 학자들의 뜻을 담고 있습니다. 언어에 초점을 맞추는 것은, 다양한 전공분야의 참여에서 생겨날 수 있는 '이질적 집합'의 상황을 극복하기 위한 장치입니다. 현재로서는 작은 불씨를 지핀 것에 불과합니다. 그러나 이렇게 일구어진 불꽃이 새로운 학풍의 바람결에 커다란 섬광으로 빛나게 될 날이 올 것을 우리는 확신합니다. 우리의 학회와 학술지는 인문학 불변의 가치와 시대적 사명을 인식하는 국내외의 학자들을 향해 활짝 개방되어 있습니다. 특정 전공의 범위를 넘어서서 철학, 문학, 언어학, 종교, 역사, 문화, 예술 등의 시각에서 언어의 본질을 토론할 기회가 될 것입니다.