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Hermeneutics
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When we turn the Bible into an adjective and stick it in front of another loaded work (like manhood, womanhood, politics, economics, marriage, and even equality), we tend to ignore or downplay the parts of the Bible that don't fit our tastes. In an attempt to simplify, we try to force the Bible's cacophony of voices into a single tone, to turn a complicated and at times troubling holy text into a list of bullet points we can put in a manifesto or creed. More often than not, we end up more commit
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― A Year of Biblical Womanhood
― A Year of Biblical Womanhood
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Paul is not the one who needs an update—we do, considering that the tools used for interpretation have already been updated. They can help us find where many interpretations of the same texts have varied among those who hold a high view of Scripture.
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― Nobody's Mother: Artemis of the Ephesians in Antiquity and the New Testament
― Nobody's Mother: Artemis of the Ephesians in Antiquity and the New Testament
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