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Definition and Purpose
Chapter 4 Lexical-Syntactical Analysis pg 98-99
Definition
- Lexical syntactical analysis is
- The Study of the meaning of individual words (lexicology)
- And the way those words are combined (syntax)
- In order to determine more accurately the author's intended meaning
- Purpose
- No man has the right to say “The spirit tells me that such and such is the meaning of this passage.”
- It is a mournful fact that Universalism JWs and Mormons can find an apparent support for this heresies in Scripture, without interpreting more loosely, and without doing great violence to the meaning and connections of the Sacred Text than is sometimes done by orthodox, devout, and even intelligent men.