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Showing posts with label hermeneutics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hermeneutics. Show all posts

Thursday, October 11, 2018

Genesis Among the Pagans


Ken Keathley explains how Genesis is also a polemic against surrounding Ancient Near East pagan theology and pantheons.




Thursday, June 1, 2017

Words and Exegetical Fallacies


Contrary to the belief and practice of many Christians, the etymological origin of a word is no sure indicator of its meaning. While I think he goes a little bit too far, Michael Heiser does a great job pointing this out in the follow video. He also explains other related linguistic fallacies. I said that he goes a little bit too far because sometimes the etymology can give us some hint as to the words meaning, but that's not always the case.