Paralles and variety of meanings Flashcards
what do many people tend to do when they are telling the same story?
their interpretations mean that they will tell the same story in different ways
can one story give different meanings?
yes
how can your interpretation differ?
who you are and your perspective means you determine what you talk about and what you leave out
what do writers tend to do with their work when writing given their perspective?
they tend to put their work in a particular context and in a particular order
what do the authors include in their stories to tell them what the story means?
they will add interpretive comments
what are they intending to show?
a particular part of a story
what did the authors want to do with their meanings?
they wanted to limit the meanings people could give on Jesus or what he said/did
what were the authors more interested in giving?
they were more interested in giving the stories particular meanings than providing precise historical accuracy
what do the church have to think about?
they have to think about applying laws
what two passages about kosher laws are used to show multiple meanings?
matthew 15 and mark 7
in the gospels can the same story have multiple meanings?
yes
what quotation is used to highlight the multiple meanings in matthew and mark?
It is not what goes in the body that makes it unclean but what comes out
what do they have multiple interpretations of?
ritual purity regulations
