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Stugrad98
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| Posted 2/23/2002 8:42 PM (GMT -6) |   | I'm looking for two examples, and would greatly appreciate any help you folks can give me.
1) An example of a fairly well-known scholar, who went from a strictly fundamentalist/literal interpretation of the Bible (specifically the Old Testament) to a strictly liberal/allegorical approach to the same scripture.
2) Vice versa: an example of a strictly liberal/allegorical scholar who went to a strictly fundamentalist/literalist interpretation of the Bible.
Thanks in advance and God Bless,
Stu
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PotOnWheel
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| Posted 2/24/2002 9:26 AM (GMT -6) | | Stu... Counds like you might be writing a paper for school.
You might have luck finding two passages, each that have been interpreted both ways, but where one is more popularly considered one way and the other the other way.
That might be fairly easy to track down.
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Stugrad98
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| Posted 2/27/2002 10:07 AM (GMT -6) | | quote:
Stu... Counds like you might be writing a paper for school.
You might have luck finding two passages, each that have been interpreted both ways, but where one is more popularly considered one way and the other the other way.
That might be fairly easy to track down.
(Just trying to be helpful.)
Actually, a friend of mine and I who are sort of on different ends of the spectrum on *some* aspects of interpretation as trying to get different perspectives than our own. And in general, we are interested in what prompted a person with one view as a whole to "convert" to another.
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PhD MP
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| Posted 3/2/2002 8:10 AM (GMT -6) | | You might look at the evolution of Clark Pinnock's hermeneutic. He went from a Conservative Evangelical perspective toward a Moderate/Liberal one. His interpretations reflect this shift, although he still calls himself "evangelical." He studied under Francis Schaeffer in the 1970s but moved toward the left theologically afterward.
I know of some lesser-known people who have moved from a liberal theological background to a conservative/fundamental approach, but I can't point to a well-published author who fits your question.
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Kyle Essary
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| Posted 3/2/2002 8:45 AM (GMT -6) | | I would disagree with that interpretation of Pinnocks evolution. He became very adamant about a literal interpretation of the Bible, and this interpretation led him into OVT and other things. I believe that he moved further into conservatism which prompted his move from classical theology to where he is now. He did not stop being "evangelical."
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