Special Topics in Bible Interpretation

  Introduction The special topics in Bible interpretation all center around the use of figurative language in the Scriptures. Figurative language involves “the representation of one concept in terms of another because the nature of the two things compared allows such an analogy to be drawn. Nearly all figures of speech come out of the […]

Understanding the Setting of a Bible Passage

  Introduction As was mentioned in a previous section, there is a time gap, a distance gap, and a culture gap between us and the biblical writers, and we must bridge these gaps if we are to understand the writers’ intended meaning in Scripture. Also in a previous section the concept of Progressive Revelation was […]