![]() ![]() ![]() Scholars trained with such an approach sometimes conclude that there is only one way to understand a passage and that their understanding is what the original author intended. The historical-critical approach emphasizes the study of language, cultural setting, and literary form. ![]() In my essay on hermeneutics and exegesis, I point to the development of approaches to Scripture that complement and sometimes contradict historical-critical methods that gained prominence through European scholars of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Are evangelical theology and practice of biblical interpretation captive to overly Eurocentric traditions? Increasing numbers of female and nonwhite biblical interpreters continue to reject what they see as patriarchal and sexist understandings of Scripture that reinforce historically white cultural assumptions. ![]()
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