Biblical Interpretation
Reading Scripture in its literary, historical, and linguistic contexts.
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What makes a responsible theologian? Consider the difference between collecting information, interpreting Scripture, and teaching with humility.
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Who wrote the Gospels? Explore authorship, ancient testimony, oral tradition, and the difference between what the evidence shows and what we infer.
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Why can certainty outpace understanding? Reflect on intellectual humility, biblical interpretation, and the willingness to revise a theological conclusion.
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Distinguish Scripture from interpretation, doctrine, and personal conviction. Learn why historical and literary context must guide claims about meaning.
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Does Isaiah 45:7 say God creates moral evil? Explore the Hebrew word ra, translation choices, and the passage’s setting of divine rule and calamity.
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Chapter and verse numbers help us find passages, but they can obscure an argument. Explore how to read biblical books as connected literary works.
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Do Acts 9:7 and 22:9 contradict each other? Compare their accounts of Paul’s encounter with Jesus and consider the role of hearing and understanding.
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Explore how inherited assumptions shape our picture of the gospel, and why recovering the biblical world can change the questions we bring to Scripture.
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Why does the Bible feel different in its original world? An introduction to reading Scripture through ancient culture, language, and literary context.
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Why does Jude quote 1 Enoch? Explore Second Temple Jewish literature and distinguish a writer’s use of a source from questions about the biblical canon.
