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8. Interpreting Scripture in Its Historical Context
Download: Restoration Theology Student Notes
Two Steps of Interpretation
What it meant to them (historical context).
What it means today (application, next lecture).
Example: Rom 13:7 (pay taxes) – under Nero’s tyranny.
Avoid Time Problems
Anachronism: Reading modern ideas back (e.g., Adam’s computer).
Metachronism: Assuming ancients were primitive.
Historical Context Tools
Date book/author.
Research events (e.g., Nero’s reign).
Cultural insights: Honor/shame, patron-client.
Resources
Bible dictionaries, encyclopedias.
Ancient literature: Josephus, Mishnah.
Archaeology: Ur, Jericho walls.
Epigraphy: Sennacherib Prism.
Geography: Visit Holy Land.
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Download: Restoration Theology Student Notes
Two Steps of Interpretation
What it meant to them (historical context).
What it means today (application, next lecture).
Example: Rom 13:7 (pay taxes) – under Nero’s tyranny.
Avoid Time Problems
Anachronism: Reading modern ideas back (e.g., Adam’s computer).
Metachronism: Assuming ancients were primitive.
Historical Context Tools
Date book/author.
Research events (e.g., Nero’s reign).
Cultural insights: Honor/shame, patron-client.
Resources
Bible dictionaries, encyclopedias.
Ancient literature: Josephus, Mishnah.
Archaeology: Ur, Jericho walls.
Epigraphy: Sennacherib Prism.
Geography: Visit Holy Land.
The post 8. Interpreting Scripture in Its Historical Context first appeared on Living Hope.
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