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Can we do what the writers of scripture did?  Take the 23rd Psalm.  Classically speaking we should seek to understand all the ins and outs of the sheeping business, as many have, and we can benefit much from the metaphor of God being our shepherd. But what if we were to do what King David…

What if we are meant to understand the scriptures by doing them?    For example, when we read passages like Nehemiah 1 or Daniel 9 we discover two men confessing the sins of their people.  What does it mean to know these passages?  Is it to have a cognitive understanding of them or should be…

When we read our Bibles, where do we find the meaning?  Is the meaning of our Bibles in what the author is saying or doing?  If the main point of the scriptures is primarily in what is being said than the classical approach is more than adequate.  All we need is to understand the words…

Where is meaning located?  In classical thought, meaning approached cognitively and this approach has had a profound effect on the way we read our Bibles.  Hermeneutics is an approach to reading our Bibles using the classical empirical method.  The basic idea is that we can understand the meaning of the scriptures primarily through cerebral measures. …
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