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In Judaism, bible hermeneutics notably uses midrash, a Jewish method of interpreting the Hebrew Bible and the rules which structure the Jewish laws. [1] The early allegorizing trait in the interpretation of the Hebrew Bible figures prominently in the massive oeuvre of a prominent Hellenized Jew of Alexandria, Philo Judaeus, whose allegorical reading of the Septuagint synthesized the ...
The Parable of the Pearl (also called the Pearl of Great Price) is one of the parables of Jesus Christ. It appears in Matthew 13 [ 1 ] and illustrates the great value of the Kingdom of Heaven . This is the penultimate parable in Matthew 13, coming just before the Parable of the Dragnet .
Ellicott's Commentary notes the difference between the fool's approach and the psalmist's: Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee. [6] "The psalmist's repose is not the worldling's serenity nor the sensualist's security, but the repose of the quiet conscience and the trusting heart". [7]
The Gospel of Luke expresses particular concern for the poor as the subjects of Jesus' compassion and ministry. In Luke's version of the Beatitudes, the poor are blessed as the inheritors of God's kingdom (Luke 6:20), [34] even as the corresponding curses are pronounced to the rich (Luke 6:24–26). [35]
Allegorical interpretation of the Bible is an interpretive method that assumes that the Bible has various levels of meaning and tends to focus on the spiritual sense, which includes the allegorical sense, the moral (or tropological) sense, and the anagogical sense, as opposed to the literal sense.
In Mark 12:40 [11] and Luke 20:47, [12] Jesus accuses the Temple authorities of thieving and, in this instance, names poor widows as their victims, going on to provide evidence of this in Mark 12:42 [13] and Luke 21:2. [14] Dove sellers were selling doves to be sacrificed by the poor, specifically by women, who could not afford grander sacrifices.
Fowler notes that some scholars argue that synagogue cannot here refer to the religious building, as charity was not distributed there. Synagogue might thus be being used in its more general sense of any meeting place. [3] [11] Hendriksen feels the reference to streets, or alleys, is included because that is the place where the poor would have ...
Schilder notes that Zechariah's payment indicates an assessment of his worth, as well as his dismissal. [19] (p 74) In Exodus 21:32, 30 pieces of silver was the price of a slave, so while Zechariah calls the amount a "handsome price" (Zechariah 11:13), this could be sarcasm. Webb, however, calls it as a "considerable sum of money". [20]