You have a high view of certain types of biblical scholarship there der Alter.
Tell me, what do you make of this emphatic scripture?
At that time Jesus answered and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes. (Matt 11:25)
Does it not bring greater glory to God if His enemies repent in sackcloth and ashes than are forced to their knees in resentment with gritted teeth?
I respect credible scholarship. I have studied under some good scholars e.g. my first Greek prof Dr. Roger Omanson who was on the initial NIV committee.
For example, here is a word on the first page when I opened my Bauer, Danker, Arndt, Gingrich Greek lexicon. The blue highlight indicates the sources the scholars used to determine the definition of the word. This is scholarship not some guy with a PhD saying "This word means "X" it never means "Y." That is the kind of pseudo-scholarship I was objecting to in my previous post.
Καῖσαρ, αρος, ὁ (=Lat. Caesar; on the distribution of this word, freq. found in lit., ins, pap s. Hahn [sources and lit. 123, 3] and Magie.—Philo, Joseph., Ar. [ins], Just., SibOr, loanw. in rabb.—In our lit. w. the art. only Mt 22:21 v.l.; Lk 20:25 v.l.; J 19:12 [s. B-D-F §254, 1]; Just., A I, 17, 1) emperor, Caesar (orig. a proper name, then used as a title) Mt 22:17, 21a; Mk 12:14, 16; Lk 20:22, 24; 23:2 (s. φόρος); J 19:12b (cp. Philo, In Flacc. 40), 15; Ac 17:7; 25:8, 10–12, 21; 26:32; 27:24; 28:19; κύριος Κ. MPol 8:2. ὀμνύναι τὴν Καίσαρος τύχην (s. τύχη) 9:2; 10:1. τὰ Καίσαρος what belongs to the emperor Mt 22:21b; Mk 12:17; Lk 20:25 (HWindisch, Imperium u. Evangelium im NT ’31; KPieper ThGl 25, ’33, 661–69; EStauffer, Gott u. Kaiser im NT ’35; GKittel, Christus u. Imperator ’39; JBenum, Gud och Kejsaren ’40; HLoewe, ‘Render Unto Caesar’ ’40; NHommes, God en Kejzer in het NT ’41; OEck, Urgem. u. Imperium ’41; MDibelius, Rom u. die Christen im 1. Jahrh. ’42; JDerrett, Law in the NT, ’70). φίλος τ. Καίσαρος friend of the emperor (as official title CIG 3499, 4; 3500, 4; Epict. 3, 4, 2; 4, 1, 8; 45–48; 95; 4, 4, 5; Jos., Ant. 14, 131) J 19:12a (EBamel, TLZ 77, ’52, 205–10); AcPl Ha 11, 4. οἱ ἐκ τῆς Καίσαρος οἰκίας those (slaves) who belong to the emperor’s household Phil 4:22 (s. Lghtf., Phil 171ff; Dssm., LO 127, 1; 202, 3; 380 [LAE 382]; New Docs 3, 7–9; and s. οἰκία 3).—W. proper names Τιβέριος Κ. Emperor Tiberius Lk 3:1 (Just., A I, 13, 3). ἐπὶ Κλαυδίου Κ. Ac 11:28 v.l. (cp. Just., A I, 26, 2; 56, 2). Κ. Νέρων 2 Ti subscr.; without name AcPl Ha 9, 4; 14; 26. But Καῖσαρ Αὔγουστος Caesar Augustus Lk 2:1, since here Κ. is not a title, but a part of the name (Bl-D. §5, 3a).—Pauly-W. Suppl. IV 806–53; IX 1139–54; Kl. Pauly II 1110–122; IV 1135–40. B. 1324. M-M. TW.
Arndt, W., Danker, F. W., Bauer, W., & Gingrich, F. W. (2000). A Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament and other early Christian literature (3rd ed., pp. 498–499). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.