#GREEK BIBLE FOR MAC MANUAL#
Thus, not surprisingly, work and occupations of manual labour were seen as physical, lower plane matter. Plato’s interest was in the upper plane which was seen as temporal and superior when compared to the lower, physical plane. Seeking a universal truth, the upper plane was called ‘form’ and the lower ‘matter’. Following on this theme, Plato (424-348 B.C.) dwelt on the concept of “dualism,” with its higher and lower “planes” of activities and ideas. Greek philosopher Protagoras wrote “Man is the measure of all things.” In other words, without the God of the Bible, we are only left with ourselves to measure against. With this loss of Jewish dominance, came an abrupt change in the interpretation style of the Bible, especially the Christian New Testament, from a Jewish, or Hebrew perspective or mindset, to a Greek perspective or mindset. However, the 49AD expulsion of the Jews from Rome by Emperor Claudius was a turning point for Church development, as in 54AD when the expulsion decree ended, though many Jewish Christians returned to Rome, they had lost their dominant position in running the Churches. The whole of Holy Bible, both New and Old Testaments, was written from a Hebrew perspective, irrespective of the original written language of the New Testaament generally being Greek, for all the original authors were Hebrews. Colloquial phrases are a particular hurdle, such that sometime we need to pray and ask the Holy Spirit for explanation.Īs I studied the Bible over the last few days through the writings of a noted bible teacher, it became apparent to me that Christians are unintentionally misinterpreting the New Terstament (for want of better description) simply because of our thought process.
However, after almost two thousand years since the writing of the newest books of the Bible, this makes for a bit of a challenge, given the changes in society and cultures which have occurred in the meantime.
When studying the Bible, at times we need to take effort get into the mindset of the original writes to fully catch the drift of their meaning and intent.
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