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Opening QuestionWhy do many people say the Bible must be interpreted? Can’t it just be read and understood?

IntroductionWe begin a new study this quarter on the uniqueness of the Bible and how to read and understand this very unique literary work. Why must the Bible be interpreted? First, it’s because we (people in the Western world, anyways) are separated from the original author and audience by…

thousands of miles and unfamiliar geography

between nearly 2,000- and 3,500-years’ time

two languages largely unrelated to each other and foreign to us

different cultural values, lifestyles and relatively primitive technological development

Each of these differences contributes to ...