Article: Why Christians Need to Understand Hebraic Thought
The author uses the concept of incarceration to explore the differences between our modern, Western and English context, and that of the ANE Hebrews. A case is made that contextualization goes beyond mere translation choices.
Understanding the Bible’s intellectual world often
Dru Johnson
means reading Scripture differently than we might have
in the past. It requires attention to the different literary forms
of Scripture, how they work and speak. It demands that we
turn down—not off—the volume of our traditions and opinions
that blare as we attempt to understand.
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