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Originally posted by AcTivE:
Was it meant to be understood from looking at it at that time??
My answer would be no.
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I would answer yes to that. In order to interpret we must grasp what the text meant in their time and then try to decipher things such as time, culture, covenant, situation, and language. Once we do that we need to try and cross over those things and grasp what it is intended to mean in our present. Our task isn't to create meaning but rather discover the meaning intended by the author.
[ December 15, 2003, 11:50 PM: Message edited by: BigDongedHoe ]