Session 4 Lesson 1: Biblical Law
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This BibleProject video explains how to correctly read and interpret biblical law from the Old Testament.
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How To Read the Laws in the Hebrew Bible
- Read each law within (a) its immediate literary context and (b) within the larger narrative strategy of the Torah and the Prophets.
- Read the laws in their ancient cultural context in conversation with their law codes.
- Study related laws as expressions of a larger symbolic worldview.
- Discern the wisdom principle underneath the laws that can be applied in other contexts.
- Refract every law through Jesus’ summary of God’s will: love God and love people in the power of the Spirit.
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