Even the Devil Quotes Scripture: Reading the Bible on Its Own Terms Whitaker Robyn J.
"We are meant to take the Bible seriously, not literally." --from the IntroductionIn Even the Devil Quotes Scripture, Robyn J. Whitaker looks to the Bible as a guide to interpreting the Bible, and her…
Specifikacia Even the Devil Quotes Scripture: Reading the Bible on Its Own Terms Whitaker Robyn J.
"We are meant to take the Bible seriously, not literally." --from the IntroductionIn Even the Devil Quotes Scripture, Robyn J. Whitaker looks to the Bible as a guide to interpreting the Bible, and her findings breathe new life into our understanding and use of Scripture. As it turns out, the uses of Scripture within Scripture are flexible, open to frequent reinterpretation, and rarely literal.For instance, Ezra and Nehemiah reinterpret laws about whether Jews can marry foreigners in the wake of the Babylonian exile. Their contradiction of earlier traditions found in Deuteronomic law do not invalidate Scripture but rather represent its diverse applications for the prophets' specific situations. In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus presents a more demanding interpretation of Mosaic law in the Sermon on the Mount, while in Mark's Gospel he all but ignores