Subject: Things people THINK in the BIBLE but not |
Bible Note: Stultis, I'm not exactly following your thoughts on this. First, why is it "hermenueticaly sound to compare Paul with Josephus? Second, where does the writer of Hebrews view the literal creation as allegorical? I do not think it "completely unreasonable".. that there is possibility of allegory designed specifically for our understanding. The section of scripture we're referring to is not allegorical and any attempt to render it so is outside of sound principles of Biblical interpretation. We can allegorize anything to death, and any approach to scripture needs to be careful to determine if that (allegorical) interpretation is intended by the writer. In the case of Genesis, it is clearly not historically or otherwise been understood apart from the literal. Josephus was not a believer or an apostle, so I wouldn't expect his view of Genesis to coincide with that of the historical Christian Church. His value is more of an eyewitness and historian than a biblical scholar. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |