Thread:SouthWriter/@comment-5175866-20150828230358/@comment-1777104-20150829223334

There is a particular phrase I came upon long ago that has worked well before: "We see further because we stand on giants' shoulders" or some variation of that. I just looked it up, it is a quote from Isaac Newton:

"If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants."

If I sometimes quote from my source, it is because I trust it after verifying its veracity. They are conservative sources, as far as I can determine. But even then, I try to keep such references to a minimum. If I reference them, it is because I don't always have original ideas and it is always better not to accidentally plagiarize someone.

As for sometimes referring to the original languages, I am only doing what any pastor does when expositing a passage of scripture. Almost the same thing can be done by comparing different versions (and translations, if you happen to be bilingual or multilingual). When anyone does a "paraphrase" of a passage, they are in fact interpreting it.

My "little notes" have been mostly explaining WHY that particular reference is pertinent to the text above. Perhaps it is better just to let the reader draw some conclusion based on the reference itself, so I am fine with leaving the audience to come to conclusions on its own.

I trust Easton and Strong (authors of the dictionary and concordance, respectively), and more recent Bible scholars who edit conservative study bibles. I see nothing wrong in working with them -- and crediting them -- in this work. If you are referring in any way to the post on the talk page, that was almost entirely Biblical referencing by Easton, I posted it to save myself, or anyone else working on that particular page, a lot of "leg work."

I can see that it is not likely that our two wikis will be merging, but I look forward to editing on both. I will refrain from using dictionaries and concordances in assisting the historical, doctrinal, and character studies that will evolve as "Biblicalpedia."

In Christ,

J. Henry Martin, M.Div.