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1 | Bible to be taken literally? | Matthew | CDBJ | 106283 | ||
Hi EddyT, I think it would be safer to say that we take the Bible at face value instead of literally. When one uses the term literally, it would be like saying that there are no figures of speech in the Bible and it is in fact actually full of them, especially in the book of Revelation. Have a great day, CDBJ |
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2 | Bible to be taken literally? | Matthew | Morant61 | 106285 | ||
Greetings CDBJ! You make an excellent point. There is much confusion about what the term 'literal' means. I always try to teach that 'literal' simply means 'taken in the way it was intended by the author'. So, if the passage is a poem, one should read it as a poem. If a passage is an historical narrative, one should read it as an historical narrative, ect.... In this way, one can say that one takes the Bible literally, but still understand that there are differents genres of literature present in Scripture. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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3 | Bible to be taken literally? | Matthew | CDBJ | 106291 | ||
Hi Tim, The Bible has numerous figures of speech, as you well know. They are broken down into three groups, COMPARISONS, which takes in similes, metaphors, and idioms. SUBSTITUTIONS, using metonyms, and AMPLIFICATIONS, that are parallelisms used in the poetical writings like Proverbs and the Psalms. CDBJ |
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4 | Bible to be taken literally? | Matthew | Morant61 | 106303 | ||
Greetings CDBJ! Excellent summary! I don't think I've ever heard it put quite that way! I'll have to file it away! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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