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Interesting what you said about atonement. I’m reading Scot McKnight’s book, “The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible” and he touches on some of this as well. No one theory encapsulates all of salvation and each one leaves out other important aspects. It’s almost as if it’s too big for our boxes and categories… Really fascinating. I’m realizing I was only ever taught what to think in regards to Christian teachings. Not how to think. How to interpret. Etc. it’s like the answers were spoon fed and that’s it. Not given information when there were multiple interpretations on things. Or how those multiple conclusions where arrived at. Anyway, this has all been of interest lately so thank you for covering this. Really interesting, the discussions on naturalism and it’s impact on what we seek to get from the text.
I appreciate that you incorporate some of the fruits of Heiser's work into your discussions on hermeneutics. It's sad that some people take that kind of material to ridiculous places, which makes many people uncomfortable with allowing the ancient Israelite worldview to influence their understanding of scripture at all.
We Have a Scientific Explanation for Just About Everything . . . And That Shapes How We Read the Bible {It's Hermeneutics Huesday!}
Interesting what you said about atonement. I’m reading Scot McKnight’s book, “The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible” and he touches on some of this as well. No one theory encapsulates all of salvation and each one leaves out other important aspects. It’s almost as if it’s too big for our boxes and categories… Really fascinating. I’m realizing I was only ever taught what to think in regards to Christian teachings. Not how to think. How to interpret. Etc. it’s like the answers were spoon fed and that’s it. Not given information when there were multiple interpretations on things. Or how those multiple conclusions where arrived at. Anyway, this has all been of interest lately so thank you for covering this. Really interesting, the discussions on naturalism and it’s impact on what we seek to get from the text.
I appreciate that you incorporate some of the fruits of Heiser's work into your discussions on hermeneutics. It's sad that some people take that kind of material to ridiculous places, which makes many people uncomfortable with allowing the ancient Israelite worldview to influence their understanding of scripture at all.
Love these hermeneutics posts.