Tag: dehistoricizing
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Sins of Interpretation #4: Mathemitazation of Scripture
The fourth of Bailey’s interpretation, “sins,” in Interpreting the Bible is the mathemitazation of Scripture. Bailey is referring to a dehistoricizing and decontextualization of Scripture. Passages in Scripture are treated as though they were a set of mathematical formulas. Much like we could translate “two plus two equals four” into any language without any loss…