Should pastors be required to know original Biblical languages?

The suggestion that they must, is close to Satanic.
The underlying principle behind such a suggestion is a humanistic/naturalistic approach to the word of God.
It approaches it the way 19th century higher criticism did - as a natural book.
There IS NOT ONE verse in that Book, from cover to cover, wherein God tells us that an understanding of the original languages is necessary for proper Bible understanding.
Is it a rational suggestion? Yes. Is it a Biblical suggestion? No.
The Bible repeatedly makes the case that translated copies - yes, translated copies - are given by inspiration.
I can read and write 4 languages, one of which is Arabic, and I can make out some Hebrew, but the idea that Hebrew and Greek is necessary is not a Christian idea, it's a humanistic idea which the serpent has fed a naive, education-worshiping, church.
Can it be helpful? In certain situations, yes.
Should it be necessary? Absolutely not.

 

There is an on going war on which texts to use. Most settle for the so called Critical Text.

 

You are completely out of touch with normal people.
Pastors should spend much more time being shepherds to their flock, witnessing to lost in the community, and in general fulfilling the Great Commission. They should spend much less time worrying about Greek.

 

Or they could apply what they know and be a Shepherd instead of simply a scholar.

 

I definitely see where you are coming from. Pastors are shepherds and evangelists every bit as much as bible teachers.

2 Timothy 4:5
5But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

Also, the pastoral epistles are full of teachings on how to shepherd a flock. Paul spends a lot of time in all of his epistles solving problems with his flock, instead of just answering questions or teaching them from the Word and revelation.

I don't think one has to go to seminary to be a scholar of the bible. That can be done on ones own over time, or better yet it can be taught by a mentor, such as a senior pastor. Given the cost of seminary it seems churches should send and help financially those they send to seminary to ultimately be Pastors.

What I am getting at, is that through private and mentored study, a teacher of the bible in a church must be an expert in the Word to teach it well. The debates we have here on the BB and elsewhere show me that all the time.

 

You really want to use either of those as an example of a pastor?