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1 | interracial marriage | Bible general Archive 4 | DocTrinsograce | 236661 | ||
Dear Cram, We have to be particularly cautious not to create doctrine from narrative. When a particular narrative is exemplary of a doctrine, that doctrine will always be found elsewhere in a didactic passage. Moreover, the passage you have chosen does not address a situation arising because of a mixed marriage. Rather it is a situation arising because of Miriam and Aaron's jealousy. (As put it, "The occasion of this seditious outbreak on the part of Miriam and Aaron against Moses was the great change made in the government by the adoption of the seventy rulers (Num 11:16). Their irritating disparagement of his wife (who, in all probability, was Zipporah (Exo 2:21), and not a second wife he had recently married) arose from jealousy of the relatives, through whose influence the innovation had been first made (Exo 18:13-26), while they were overlooked or neglected. Miriam is mentioned before Aaron as being the chief instigator and leader of the sedition.") In Him, Doc |
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2 | exemption of a doctrine... | Bible general Archive 4 | CRAM117 | 236665 | ||
Can you please explain this: When a particular narrative is exemplary of a doctrine, that doctrine will always be found elsewhere in a didactic passage. |
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3 | exemption of a doctrine... | Bible general Archive 4 | DocTrinsograce | 236667 | ||
Hi, Cram... Yes, I believe I can. Hermeneutic principles permit us to rightly exegete the Scriptures. If you are interested, please see the thread beginning in post #156916, in which I have recorded a some of my notes summarizing these principles. One of the essential elements of proper exegesis is to understand the genre of the Biblical passage that we are interpreting. We take into account the literary categories of the passage in question. Thus, we do not interpret poetry the way we would interpret epistles, or prophecy the way we would interpret chronicles, etc. Each genre admits of its own characteristics by which it is properly understood. Narrative is generally a record of something that has happened, but not necessarily what should or ought to have happened. They often are not even intended to encourage or discourage a particularly behavior; in other words, they do not always have a moral associated with them. However, if they do exemplify or imply a particular doctrine, that doctrine will be stated propositionally elsewhere. Consequently, in order to avoid error, we build our theology on the propositional statements. Much error has been introduced by allegorizing, decontextualizing, moralizing, or personalizing narrative. For further study, I would highly recommend the book "How to Read the Bible for All its Worth" by Gordon D. Fee and Douglas Stuart. It is easy to read and highly profitable as a first text on the subject of hermeneutics -- well worth the ten dollar purchase price. In Him, Doc |
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4 | exemption of a doctrine... | Bible general Archive 4 | CRAM117 | 236670 | ||
Thank you Doc. I will look into that book. | ||||||