moral interpretation
biblical criticism
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major reference
- In biblical literature: Moral interpretation
Moral interpretation is necessitated by the belief that the Bible is the rule not only of faith but also of conduct. The Jewish teachers of the late pre-Christian and early Christian Era, who found “in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth”…
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hermeneutics
- In hermeneutics
…type of biblical hermeneutics is moral interpretation, which seeks to establish exegetical principles by which ethical lessons may be drawn from the various parts of the Bible. Allegorization was often employed in this endeavour. The Letter of Barnabas (c. 100 ce), for example, interprets the dietary laws prescribed in the…
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