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Can Bible verses be taken out of context? 

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12 Nov 2012
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The fact that Paul admonishes Timothy to correctly interpret the Word of truth, the Bible (John 17:17), implies that it can be interpreted incorrectly, and indeed, many instances can be cited to prove the point.
In this article, I suggest that Bible Translation should be understood as an activity of contextual theology in which local host communities demonstrate their appropriation and proclamation of the Bible in their own languages.
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01 Jun 2013
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This makes every bible reading contextual,West argues.
So too the Bible, often conceived as a fixed object, may be reconceptualized in terms of the collective practices, including conventional modes of scholarly and popular analysis, that produce perceptions of a single, stable Bible as performative effects.
He insists that those audiences rarely encountered the Bible apart from these interpretations and that the Bible became scripture for them precisely because of the exegetical efforts of early interpreters.
This raises the very serious question of how the Bible can be legitimately used by Christians who are not trained in biblical exegesis.
The analysis shows how the Bible is used in different ways for the purposes of identification and acknowledging spiritual inspiration and of making the Bible relevant for today's audiences.
The whole poem can thus be treated both as the figure in itself and as the background to each of the verses, which demands from its readers constant readjustment of the viewpoint.
Though there are significant differences between these forms of Bible “reading”, there are values and processes that cohere across these contexts, providing an integrity to such forms of Bible reading.

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