Someone referred to "biblical analysis and social observation" (The Sydney Morning Herald letters column of 11 April, 2008).
Be careful when engaging in biblical analysis, George! Some passages, if taken literally, may lead to incisive measures: Origen (185-254 AD), after reading in Matthew 19:12 that some persons made themselves "eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven", castrated himself.
When you refer to "social observation", am I correct in assuming that you take that to mean that the Bible should be read only through the lens of contemporary secular assumptions?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment