
Erin Heim — Adoption in Galatians and Romans
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The Importance of Background Studies in Metaphors
I think background studies are important because you have to know I was talking about historical context like it's a light. It's an invitation to put something on and wear it almost. But if we don't have the light of historical context, flashing out that model, it's almost like getting dressed in the dark. We don't understand what it is that we have on. So we need the background studies, but we can't stop thereBecause the meaning doesn't just come from the background, it comes from the interplay of all of the pieces of the background and the other pieces of the context. And so that's my, yeah, it's too flat of a reading if we If
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