Biblical Repertory, Vol. 1: January, 1829 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Biblical Repertory, Vol. 1: January, 1829

There could be no difficulty in determining the sense of the word lop/0g, were we possessed of authentic information respecting the source from which it was immediately derived, or any peculiar circumstances which may have led the apos tle to make use of the expression. But as all such historical guides are wanting, we must find some other clue to the ih terpretation. It has been said, but never proved, that the term must be traced to the Chaldee language, * to the phra seology of Philo, or to that of the Cerinthians, in order to discover its peculiar import as used by the apostle. For my own part, I believe, that there are only two practicable me thods of making the discovery. The first is, to appeal to the apostle's own authority, by comparison, and reference to other passages. The other is, to trace the idiomatic senses of the term, in the Hebrew, Greek, or Alexandrine dialect. 1 shall have recourse to both.

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