Comments on: The Literary-Generic Principle

By: Why creationists are creationists | Undeception

Why creationists are creationists | Undeception — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:51:00 +0000

[...] recognize both scriptures I just cited as non-scientific descriptions of reality because we allow literary-generic principles and cultural context to influence our [...]

By: Mike Beidler

Mike Beidler — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:06:13 +0000

Brian, I have found that cold, hard facts are always the best way to express truth because they are truth by definition. That's a "modern, 21st-century mindset" I hear talking. Who are we to judge the literary methods of "truth-telling" of a distant culture from a distant past? Mike Beidler´s last blog post.."Evolutionary Creation: A Christian Approach to Evolution" — An Interaction, Part 4

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 26 May 2009 03:32:35 +0000

I have found that cold, hard facts are always the best way to express truth because they are truth by definition. Why would typology be more powerful in any realm, especially the religious realm. The Biblical God can be quite brutally honest at times and then at others He allows ‘literary license’ to propagate his word? If God is all about us being factual and truthful, hard to understand why He would allow this to be abandoned in some books in the Bible. I submit the ancients would accept Gods word without the literary devices intimated in your comments. Truth is the straightest line to understanding and anything that deviates from it causes confusion.

By: Josh H.

Josh H. — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:34:01 +0000

I have made this statement to you many times, Stephen, but I’ll repeat it here for others: we must get rid of the notion that “myth” means “lie”. A myth can be true, or rather the meaning behind the myth can be true. In other words, something doesn’t have to be cold, hard facts to express truth.

And in the realm of religion and spiritual things isn’t typology much more powerful?

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:32:41 +0000

I read what I can get my hands on After being exposed to his scholarship with a presentation on the Wheaton website, I bought his NIV commentary on Genesis. I can’t wait to read Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament: Introducing the Conceptual World of the Hebrew Bible. I haven’t met him, although I did carry on a short email correspondence a few years ago.

Thanks for dropping by!