Hermeneutics Huesday 06 {on the importance of biblical metaphor}

Her God Speaks

Feb 14, 2023 Season 5 Episode 10

Aprile Sweers

Takeaways from this episode:

The authors of Scripture are constantly taking one idea – usually something tangible and easy to understand – and mapping that idea onto a more abstract concept or experience. (This is what a metaphor is.)
Taking every word of the Bible literally should NOT be a badge of honor!
Every culture develops its OWN metaphors that will seem strange – perhaps even nonsensical – to another culture. This means we're going to have to do some work to discern the meaning of biblical metaphor to the author and original audience.
Don’t be afraid of taking biblical metaphor metaphorically! Metaphors express what’s true just as much as more literal descriptions of reality, they just use a different medium to do it.

Takeaways from this episode:

The authors of Scripture are constantly taking one idea – usually something tangible and easy to understand – and mapping that idea onto a more abstract concept or experience. (This is what a metaphor is.)
Taking every word of the Bible literally should NOT be a badge of honor!
Every culture develops its OWN metaphors that will seem strange – perhaps even nonsensical – to another culture. This means we're going to have to do some work to discern the meaning of biblical metaphor to the author and original audience.
Don’t be afraid of taking biblical metaphor metaphorically! Metaphors express what’s true just as much as more literal descriptions of reality, they just use a different medium to do it.

Her God Speaks