NOTE: 300 WORDS. Kindly read the instruction well and use the textbooks below.
Create a thread of at least 300 words .
Support your assertions with at least 4 citations from at least 3different sources in current Turabian format. Acceptable sources include textbooks, scholarly articles, and ONLINE SOURCES APPROVED BY YOUR INSTRUCTOR.
Consider these questions with the information in your textbooks in mind, but feel free to use other sources as needed to add to the conversation
THREAD: Offer a definition of the terms "presuppositions/foundational beliefs" and "preunderstandings." How can we test these things to see if they are adequate or appropriate?
- What can be done to change preunderstandings?
- List some of the presuppositions or preunderstandings from your own life that may inform your reading of Scripture. From what sources do these things originate?
- How does a person's intellectual and spiritual history (i.e., education and religious instruction) influence the interpretation of texts?
- In what way then is objectivity possible in the interpretation of Scripture?
TEXTBOOKS
1) INTRODUCTION TO BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION
THIRD EDITION
© 2017 by William W. Klein, Craig L. Blomberg,
and
Robert L. Hubbard, Jr
2) MISREADING SCRIPTURE WITH WESTERN EYES
Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understanding the Bible
©2012 by Randolph E. Richards
and
Brandon J. O’Brien.
3) GRASPING GOD’S WORD
A Hand-On Approach to Reading, Interpreting and Applying Bible
THIRD EDITION
© 2012 by J. Scott Duvall
and
J. Daniel Hays