DAVEH:� Thanx for your detailed explanation, DavidM.� That helps a lot.� You didn't say which camp you sleep in....care to comment?� And......care to comment about how literally you believe Jesus is the "Son of man"?�� Thanx in advance.� (BTW.....I'll be out of town for the next few days.)
David Miller wrote: > Glenn wrote: > > I've told you this before.� If it CAN be taken > > literal it MUST be taken literal. > > DAVEH wrote: > > Is your above reasoning a commonly accepted method > > of understanding the Bible amongst other Protestants? > > And....is it accepted amongst Bible scholars?� Or....is > > this just your personal way of understanding the Bible > > Dave, Bible scholars are divided about this.� Most evangelicals fall into > the literalist camp.� The literalist method of Bible interpretation is as > Glenn explained.� Take the passage literally unless there is clear reason > not to do so. > > Other camps, especially among many Presbyterian branches and other adherents > to Amellinialism, etc., take great liberty in allegorizing everything in the > Bible.� The idea is that there is always a hidden meaning in every passage, > and that the important and real meaning is to find the symbolic > understanding. > > Jewish sages generally recognize both as being present.� There is the peshat > (the literal meaning) and the derash (the homilitical meaning).� It gets a > little more complicated than this.� In Judaism, there is an acronym-mnemonic > for the four different approaches to the Bible.� This is PARDES (PRDS). > > P = Peshat = the literal meaning > R = Remez = some veiled meaning > D = Derash = some homiletical meaning > S = Sod = some secret meaning, such as mystical kabbalistic interpretion > > DAVEH: > > So how do you distinguish between symbolism and reality > > in the Bible?� Why think this account is real when Bible > > scholars disagree? > > I think this is where the Holy Spirit comes in, and a comparison of > spiritual things with spiritual.� But the literalist camp of Protestants > would say, if it can be taken literally, then it should be taken literally. > > Peace be with you. > David Miller. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.langlitz.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ � ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
