What does the phrase "Theologized History" mean? How does viewing the narrative parts of the Bible in this way change how we interpret them?
Theologized History is a way of recalling details with emphases but not necessarily accuracy which I find very fascinating. The more I'm learning in this class the more I'm realizing I've had a pretty legalistic understanding of the Bible. I've taken it for the words I've read without proper context or understanding. So after the last couple if weeks, I feel a lot more freedom in what I'm reading verse trying to remember every detail so I don't miss quote it or misinterpret it, which can still happen regardless.
Which of the characteristics or principles of biblical letters was new to you? How does that principle inform your understanding of these letters?
I feel like a lot of this was new for me. Truthfully, I don't feel well educated when it comes to biblical understanding or knowledge. Like I said above, I've always taken the Bible for what I though it was. Now I'm understanding it in a whole knew way.
I think the characteristic that much of the Bible is meant to be read in whole sections and shouldn't be broken up is big. I think I've always known that but so much of what I do with devotionals breaks things down into those bit sized pieces. It was also mentioned in a previous week that the Bible wasn't written in chapters but has been presented that way in my mind to fit how we read in modern culture. I think that really does change how we understand what we're reading.
This has been a very enlightening week for me!