http://www.zworld.com.au/2006/07/01/natural-and-grammatical-genders-the-role-of-grammar-in-translations/ A New Approach to Biblical Theology Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:59:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.zworld.com.au/2006/07/01/natural-and-grammatical-genders-the-role-of-grammar-in-translations/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Deriving Literal Truth from Symbolic Passages - does truth matter? » ZWorld - The World to Come Sat, 28 Oct 2006 11:00:32 +0000 http://www.zworld.com.au/2006/07/01/natural-and-grammatical-genders-the-role-of-grammar-in-translations/#comment-76 [...] So what is so difficult in interpreting biblical passages? One must first of all understand Jewish mindset to understand the Jewish book. The knowledge of history, culture and language is also required, just as being aware of the difference between natural and grammatical genders. So it is a very difficult task. The knowledge of the method of four levels of ancient Jewish interpretation, PaRDeS, is also a must, for it is extensively used in the NT. But beyond these one gets nowhere unless he gets the concept right. Always interpret symbolic passages in the light of literal truth, not the other way around. [...] […] So what is so difficult in interpreting biblical passages? One must first of all understand Jewish mindset to understand the Jewish book. The knowledge of history, culture and language is also required, just as being aware of the difference between natural and grammatical genders. So it is a very difficult task. The knowledge of the method of four levels of ancient Jewish interpretation, PaRDeS, is also a must, for it is extensively used in the NT. But beyond these one gets nowhere unless he gets the concept right. Always interpret symbolic passages in the light of literal truth, not the other way around. […]

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