RE: Literal and Not Literal
August 28, 2019 at 9:00 pm
(This post was last modified: August 28, 2019 at 9:34 pm by Acrobat.)
(August 28, 2019 at 10:51 am)Deesse23 Wrote: A proper reading of ancient texts always includes one informing himslef of the background of the time the stuff was written in, the person who wrote it and the possible audience. When i took latin classes and we translated classic roman literaure, 50% of the time was devoted to this background, in orde to be able to understand the text from the persepctive of the times it was written in.
I don’t necessarily disagree with this.
But I’m curious when reading the Genesis account, do you read it with the assumption that the writer saw himself as writing a historical account? It seems like an odd assumption to make, but wondering if you think that?