by Josiah Nichols | Jun 23, 2022 | Bible Interpretation
Introduction The following was presented as a discussion post for Hermeneutics in Liberty University’s John R. Rowling’s School of Divinity. I was to pick one of the following passages and give an overview of the main point(s) of that passage based on the procedures...
by Josiah Nichols | Jun 21, 2022 | Bible Interpretation
Questions on Interpreting the Book of Acts The following was written as a discussion post for a grade for Liberty University’s John R. Rowling’s School of Divinity in Hermeneutics. It tries to answer the following questions: Give an explanation of the genre of the...
by Josiah Nichols | Jun 7, 2022 | Bible Interpretation
How Important is Understanding the Canon in Biblical Interpretation? The following is a discussion post originally done to fulfil an assignment for Liberty University’s Hermeneutics class. I attempted to answer the following questions: “Give a definition of...
by Josiah Nichols | Jun 2, 2022 | Bible Interpretation
How important is “literary context” to understanding the Bible properly? The following is a discussion post originally done to fulfil an assignment for Liberty University’s Hermeneutics class. I attempted to answer the following questions: “How important...
by Josiah Nichols | May 19, 2022 | Bible Interpretation
“They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly, and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading” (Nehemiah 8:8, ESV). “וַֽיִּקְרְא֥וּ בַסֵּ֛פֶר בְּתוֹרַ֥ת הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים מְפֹרָ֑שׁ וְשׂ֣וֹם שֶׂ֔כֶל וַיָּבִ֖ינוּ בַּמִּקְרָֽא” (Nehemiah 8:8 Lexham...
