Just Words and the Word Made Flesh: Removing Cultural Blinders from Biblical Language
Deep Dive into Just Words and the Word Made Flesh: Removing Cultural Blinders from Biblical LanguageThe Bible is a product of ancient cultures, and modern readers often impose Western assumptions, such as individualism, pragmatism, and a preference for direct propositions, onto the biblical text. This cultural arrogance creates a dangerous blind spot where readers wrongly assume that English words have exact equivalents in biblical Hebrew and Greek, or that our modern grammar and idioms directly map onto ancient realities. For instance, English lacks singular words that fully capture the…
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