Tom Wright does a great job at reading the New Testament in light of its historical context. The goal of good interpretation is to get at the heart of the writer's intent, to know what it meant to the original readers. And, to do that well means one has to read it in light of its historical-cultural context as best as possible. According to NT scholar Gordon Fee, "a text cannot mean what it never meant." The NT was written in the 1st Century CE, in a Greco-Roman world, from a Jewish perspective.
"The natural [psukikos, soulish] man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." (1 Corinthians 2:14)
Until a man meets Messiah Jesus, then all your arguments are fruitless.
Come as a child to be taught by the Great King in a private audience, and you shall know what mere men cannot imagine.
Tom Wright does a great job at reading the New Testament in light of its historical context. The goal of good interpretation is to get at the heart of the writer's intent, to know what it meant to the original readers. And, to do that well means one has to read it in light of its historical-cultural context as best as possible. According to NT scholar Gordon Fee, "a text cannot mean what it never meant." The NT was written in the 1st Century CE, in a Greco-Roman world, from a Jewish perspective.
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"The natural [psukikos, soulish] man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." (1 Corinthians 2:14)
Until a man meets Messiah Jesus, then all your arguments are fruitless.
Come as a child to be taught by the Great King in a private audience, and you shall know what mere men cannot imagine.
xerosisonek 1 year ago
this guy seems outright shifty in his reasonings
Scorner99 1 year ago