Wednesday, February 6, 2008
The Shady Side of Wisdom
In a previous post, I mentioned the article The Shady Side of Wisdom by George Mendenhall. In this article, Mendenhall uses linguistic evidence to demonstrate a late date of authorship for the first few chapters of Genesis, and exegetes the text in that cultural context. The major conclusion of this paper, that I was referring to, is not just that Genesis 1-3 can be read figuratively, but that reading them literally does injustice to the text, because a literal reading was not intended. If you want a copy of the article, let me know.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Sign me up! I would really appreciate a copy of that article.
ReplyDeleteI'd be interested in reading that, too. :)
ReplyDeletei would love a copy of this article!
ReplyDeleteyes please
ReplyDelete