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Category Archives: Theological Interpretation
Blood and Water
I have continued to be more deeply convinced that giving undue historical emphasis in explaining texts leads in a direction not normally intended by the writers of Scripture. A case in point came to mind in a recent conversation with … Continue reading
Posted in John, Theological Interpretation
Tagged baptism, Christ, Church Fathers, Eucharist, forensic pathology, God, HolySpirit, jesus side, theological significance, Theology, Trinity
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On Theological Interpretation and Authorial Intent
I offer the following several paragraphs from my M.Div.Honours thesis concerning an essential aspect of the nature of theological interpretation: The primary intent of Scripture (i.e., the theological intent) is normative for a proper interpretation that regards authorial intent with due … Continue reading
Beyond the Historical Grammatical Malaise
One of the things which has long bothered me about “historical-grammatical” (HG) methods of interpretation is the sense that it presupposes itself to offer a “scientific” approach to Scripture. While the methods of HG can not simply be ignored in … Continue reading
Hearing Scripture Together
I’ve been doing a fair bit of reading about (and application of) theological interpretation over the last short while (see the brief bibliography below) and thought I’d share some thoughts over the next few weeks concerning some of my readings. … Continue reading
Posted in Theological Interpretation
Tagged Joel Green, reading scripture, sacrament of eucharist, stephen e fowl
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The Theological Meaning and Significance of Yom in Genesis 1
I have just uploaded my Master’s thesis to Scribd for anyone interested in reading it. Also, I’ve got a link to it on my “Writings” tab under “Theology” which can be found HERE (along with some of my other writing). … Continue reading