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    Challenges→Every word and figure of speech the OT used that describes the ultimate end of the wicked implies extinction

    Selective lexical enumeration without accounting for contested translations commits the fallacy of question-begging in biblical semantics.

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    • 1.Lexical choices pre-select meaning; ignoring translation disputes assumes one reading's correctness without justification.
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    • 2.Biblical semantics involves genuine linguistic ambiguity; question-begging occurs when that ambiguity is methodologically erased.
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    • 3.Scholarly consensus on word meanings is contested across traditions; enumeration without engagement treats disputes as settled.
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    • 1.Selective enumeration need not assume translation finality; it may simply bracket unresolved disputes for focused analysis.
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    • 2.Question-begging requires assuming a conclusion; stating which translations one examines is transparent methodology, not circular.
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    • 3.All semantic work involves lexical choices; calling any selection 'question-begging' risks paralyzing any interpretive effort.
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