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literary trope

Should we really interpret the Bible literally when possible?

July 26, 2011 by Randal

In my previous article I focused on a common hermeneutical principle among fundamentalists. I called it the “literal when possible principle” (henceforth LPP) and I noted an example from it in the writings of John Walvoord, one of the preeminent fundamentalist scholars of the twentieth century. I then presented four arguments against it. Unfortunately a […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bible, fundamentalism, hermeneutics, idiom, interpretation, John Walvoord, literary trope

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