Posts tagged: order

Interesting Examples of How Order Affects

By Matt Emerson, May 29, 2009 1:39 pm

This post will consider the overall effect of the shaping of both the Tanak and Greek orders, and then the shaping of the Pentateuch, the Book of the Twelve, Ruth, and Chronicles individually. Continue reading 'Interesting Examples of How Order Affects'»

Order Affects

By Matt Emerson, May 14, 2009 3:14 pm

In the previous post, the question was raised in the comment section concerning which order of the canon should be used in our exegesis. This post will attempt to address that question based on the idea of con-textuality. I do not intend in this particular post to argue for one order or another, but would simply like to show that regardless of the order, the shape of the canon affects interpretation. In other words, the arrangement and order of the books in the canon does make a difference in how a particular book (and by implication, passage within a book) is interpreted. Continue reading 'Order Affects'»

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