12∞ · Question 1.4.11
How do I distinguish spiritual symbolism from historical claims?
Ask what genre you are reading, what evidence exists outside the text, how the original audience would have understood it, and whether symbolic meaning remains even if literal…
From the book 12∞ Twelve to Infinity by D.R. Davenport. The full answer is free to read with an iBelieve account.
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- Part
- 1: When Christianity No Longer Tracks
- Gate
- 1.4: Reading the Bible Again
- In print
- Page 27
- ← 1.4.10 · What about books that were excluded from the biblical canon?
- 1.4.12 → · Can the Bible become more meaningful after I stop requiring it to answer every question?
- All of Part 1
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