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The basic need to interpret Biblicaltexts (in general) must be consideredin terms of the dimensions of time andthe audience addressed. All theBiblical texts were written more thantwo-thou… Altro …

The basic need to interpret Biblicaltexts (in general) must be consideredin terms of the dimensions of time andthe audience addressed. All theBiblical texts were written more thantwo-thousand years ago, and with nodoubt have ways of living and thecontext settings in which these divinewords and thoughts were uttered verymuch changed since then. Suchcontext settings were meaningful to thecontemporaries of their respectivetime, but this is not necessarily thecase with contemporary readers ofnowaday The basic need to interpret Biblicaltexts (in general) must be consideredin terms of the dimensions of time andthe audience addressed. All theBiblical texts were written more thantwo-thousand years ago, and with nodoubt have ways of living and thecontext settings in which these divinewords and thoughts were uttered verymuch changed since then. Suchcontext settings were meaningful to thecontemporaries of their respectivetime, but this is not necessarily thecase with contemporary readers ofnowadays. Such contextual settings relate to a)historical, b) cultural, c) spiritualcircumstances at the time when thesedivine words were uttered. Tounderstand the the spiritual message(the 'kerygma') of a biblical periocope, we need to 'explore' such backgroundof settings to answer importantquestions such as: (i) What was thereason of such message from God?(ii) what was the content, and (iii) whatobjective did it have to have An impacton the lifes of the people (audience)addressed? Only after havingsuccesfully answered such questions, can we develop the 'kerygma' behindand apply to our lives today. These aremethodical requirements of such apreliminary procedure to 'dig out' thekerygma behind, and in doing so, weavoid misinterpretation of the divinemessage in presenting biblicallyincorrect conclusions that lead peopleastray from what the Lord reallywanted to communicate to mankind. Doing this is an analytic effort of someintellectual standing that we have tofollow each time when teaching orpreaching to other people around us. Itmust be done not only out of highestrespect for God s Word delivered tomankind but also of the huge responsibility we have in delivering it'uncorrupted' to our audience, withoutadding or missing anything that wastransmitted to us. Church history, in thepast and recently, teaches us a veryimportant lesson: The fact that somany different denominations evolvedduring the course of time in the periodafter the Early Church in Jerusalempoints out to differences in doct General Christianity, Christianity, Readings in Old Testament Studies~~ Muhammad Wolfgang G.A. Schmidt~~General Christianity~~Christianity~~9783638263962, en, Readings in Old Testament Studies, Muhammad Wolfgang G.A. Schmidt, 9783638263962, GRIN Verlag, 01/01/2004, , , , GRIN Verlag, 01/01/2004<

ISBN: 9783638263962

The basic need to interpret Biblicaltexts (in general) must be consideredin terms of the dimensions of time andthe audience addressed. All theBiblical texts were written more thantwo-thou… Altro …

The basic need to interpret Biblicaltexts (in general) must be consideredin terms of the dimensions of time andthe audience addressed. All theBiblical texts were written more thantwo-thousand years ago, and with nodoubt have ways of living and thecontext settings in which these divinewords and thoughts were uttered verymuch changed since then. Suchcontext settings were meaningful to thecontemporaries of their respectivetime, but this is not necessarily thecase with contemporary readers ofnowadays.Such contextual settings relate to a)historical, b) cultural, c) spiritualcircumstances at the time when thesedivine words were uttered. Tounderstand the the spiritual message(the kerygma) of a biblical periocope,we need to explore such backgroundof settings to answer importantquestions such as: (i) What was thereason of such message from God?,(ii) what was the content, and (iii) whatobjective did it have to have An impacton the lifes of the people (audience)addressed? Only after havingsuccesfully answered such questions,can we develop the kerygma behindand apply to our lives today. These aremethodical requirements of such apreliminary procedure to dig out thekerygma behind, and in doing so, weavoid misinterpretation of the divinemessage in presenting biblicallyincorrect conclusions that lead peopleastray from what the Lord reallywanted to communicate to mankind.Doing this is an analytic effort of someintellectual standing that we have tofollow each time when teaching orpreaching to other people around us. Itmust be done not only out of highestrespect for God´s Word delivered tomankind but also of the huge responsibility we have in delivering ituncorrupted to our audience, withoutadding or missing anything that wastransmitted to us. Church history, in thepast and recently, teaches us a veryimportant lesson: The fact that somany different denominations evolvedduring the course of time in the periodafter the Early Church in Jerusalempoints out to differences in doctrinethat have split Christianity and continueto do so today. They all haveinterpreted portions or the whole ofthe Bible in their way, and exactly thisshows the high potential of privateontology that can influenceconclusions and concepts claimed tobe in accord with the Bible but whichare nothing else than human basederrors. Our point of orientation is thatwhat the Bible actually says and notwhat we think it says. [...][PU:GRIN Verlag], [PU: Grin-Verlag, München ]<

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