Descriptions:
C.S. Lewis once wrote, “the first qualification for judging any piece of workmanship from a corkscrew to a cathedral is to know what it is — what it was intended to do and how it is meant to be used.” In order to most effectively understand and use the Bible, we need to know what it was intended to do and how it is meant to be used. In this episode, Dave looks at just one key factor that will help us in that process — genre recognition.
Video transcript and additional notes: https://bit.ly/3d0P6WF
Here is a shamelessly long list of Ben Spackman resources you should check out:
— “Episode 45: Misunderstanding the Bible — Ben Spackman” (LDS Perspectives podcast): https://bit.ly/2YmP6MM
— “Jonah— the Insufficiency of the New Testament argument”: https://bit.ly/3ldYCuI
— “Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 32- Job: https://bit.ly/3imejOf
— “Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 33: Jonah and Micah”: https://bit.ly/3l0Q5v1
— “Truth, Scripture, and Interpretation: Some Precursors to Reading Genesis”: https://bit.ly/2WqMAnW
— “Virtual Sperry Fireside on Reading the Old Testament in Context”: https://bit.ly/3mjN5JE
— “Resources for Studying the Bible in Context”: https://bit.ly/3m6Q4Vm
— “Interpreting Scripture, History, Science, and Creation: A Free Course by Me!”: https://bit.ly/39V7RJM
— An interview of Spackman (in 8 parts) in which he talks about subjects like Genesis, evolution, concordism, etc.: https://bit.ly/3kjoLaY
— “The Scientific Deformation and Reformation of Genesis: How ‘Science’ Messed It Up, but Also Fixes It”: https://bit.ly/3kjmj41 (And a corresponding article here: https://bit.ly/2XzIv1o )
“Jonah and Genre” by Steven McKenzie: https://bit.ly/3D1I2Eg
“Don’t Put God in a Box – Unless You Want to be Swallowed by a Fish,” by Pete Enns: https://bit.ly/3ixPEGG
“Focus on Jonah” via Oxford Biblical Studies Online (Brent A. Stawn): https://bit.ly/3Fv02cn
“A Rant about Scriptural Literalism” by Ardis Parshall: https://bit.ly/3ipV726
Notes:
— Jonah chapter 2 incorporates a lot of stuff from Psalms. Thus, you could say that the Book of Jonah is a mashup of multiple genres, including poetry, in the case of this chapter.
— The main argument for the Book of Jonah’s historicity is the fact that Christ references the story of Jonah in Matthew 12:39-41. For a response to that argument, see “Jonah— the Insufficiency of the New Testament argument” here: https://bit.ly/3ldYCuI . That said, I don’t think salvation hangs in the balance when it comes to the question of Jonah’s genre. I think getting it wrong can cause problems, but if you believe the story is historical, that’s fine. Whether historical or not, the message is what matters most. Thus, I’m more than happy to agree to disagree with people on this genre question.
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