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Don't miss it! Interpreting the Pauline Epistles, 2nd ed.
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This book will focus on the methodology that should be used in interpreting the Pauline Letters. Methodology focuses on the science of interpretation: the principles and procedures that are essential for exegesis. Nevertheless, interpretation is also an artistic enterprise. For instance, the forming of a hypothesis regarding the interpretation of a passage is a product of the imagination. Since exegesis is both a science and an art, we cannot expect that the right interpretation will automatically emerge by following the steps outlined in this book. In every interpretation we are dealing with degrees of probability in formulating an interpretation. Absolute certainty is not possible. This does not lead to relativism in interpretation, for some interpretations are more probable than others. Evidence and logic are used to establish the probability of various interpretations. The interpretation that is the most coherent and comprehensive is the most probable. Even scientists recognize today that nothing can be proved absolutely. Nevertheless, some things are more probable than others. For example, it is possible that the world we live in is an illusion and life is a dream, but such a view of reality is not plausible. So too, the interpretations of some biblical texts are virtually certain, while in other texts the meaning is more debatable. The careful interpreter acknowledges a sliding scale of probability and emphasizes the truth of an interpretation accordingly.
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