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Episode 211: David P. Gushee - Christian Ethics & the Memory of Jesus

The Bible For Normal People

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Is There a Difference Between Mark and Mark's Teachings?

interpretation is involved in driving, let's say, moral lessons or an ethic from these biblical documents. Even jesus words were interpreted by four communities and they don't always agree on every point. We we don't just read bible as if nobody else had ever interpreted it before. There are traditions of interpretation of all significant biblical texts; we stand on the shoulders of those who have done those interpretations. And sometimes by not even knowing that we are borrowing somebody's interpretation, ah, we make takes that we could prevent if we paid attention to the history of interpretation.

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