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How should we interpret scripture?

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Understanding scripture : 

Understanding scripture headlessprofessor

Scripture : 

Scripture sacred writings

Scripture : 

Scripture sacred writings canon = official list of scripture

Scripture : 

Scripture sacred writings canon = official list of scripture apocrypha = books not selected into canon

Apocryphal = : 

Apocryphal = Writings not admitted to the canon of scripture (having lesser claim to authority)

Scripture : 

Scripture sacred writings canon = official list of scripture apocrypha = books not selected into canon hermeneutics = techniques for interpretation

Scripture : 

Scripture sacred writings canon = official list of scripture apocrypha = books not selected into canon hermeneutics = techniques for interpretation exegesis = coming up with the most relevant interpretation

General Rules for Exegesis : 

General Rules for Exegesis Use original language if possible

General Rules for Exegesis : 

General Rules for Exegesis Use original language if possible Use best translation

General Rules for Exegesis : 

General Rules for Exegesis Use original language if possible Use best translation Use several translations

General Rules for Exegesis : 

General Rules for Exegesis Use original language if possible Use best translation Use several translations Look at surrounding context

General Rules for Exegesis : 

General Rules for Exegesis Use original language if possible Use best translation Use several translations Look at surrounding context Look at historical context

Numbers 24:8 : 

Numbers 24:8 “he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn” (King James Version)

Numbers 24:8 : 

Numbers 24:8 SCRIPTURE “he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn” (King James Version) EXEGESIS God is like a unicorn Unicorns do not exist God does not exist

Always consider the context : 

Always consider the context SCRIPTURE “God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows” EXEGESIS God is like a unicorn Unicorns have supernatural abilities God has supernatural abilities

Get the best translation : 

Get the best translation SCRIPTURE “It is God who brought him out of Egypt; a wild bull of towering might. He shall devour the nations like grass, their bones he shall strip bare.” (New American Bible) EXEGESIS God is like a wild bull Wild bulls were feared because of their uncontrollable power God has power which people cannot dominate

Acts 15:20 : 

Acts 15:20 “abstain … from blood” (King James Version)

Acts 15:20 : 

Acts 15:20 SCRIPTURE “abstain … from blood” (King James Version) EXEGESIS (Jehovah’s Witness) Do not get a blood transfusion

Always consider the context : 

Always consider the context SCRIPTURE “Abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.” BIBLICAL SCHOLARS Most Greeks engaged in rituals of different religions for different gods

Always consider the context : 

Always consider the context SCRIPTURE “Abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.” BIBLICAL SCHOLARS Most Greeks engaged in rituals of different religions for different gods Blood ritual and idols were common in several “mystery cults” of that period

Always consider the context : 

Always consider the context SCRIPTURE “Abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.” BIBLICAL SCHOLARS Most Greeks engaged in rituals of different religions for different gods Blood ritual and idols were common in several “mystery cults” of that period Christians must worship one God exclusively

Not about blood transfusions : 

Not about blood transfusions in the first century.

Understanding scripture : 

Understanding scripture headlessprofessor