Can Catholicism Validate Jewish Biblical Interpretation?

Christian Iconography and Biblical Interpretation

Since the Bible is regarded as the most important source of Christian iconography and iconography in return is the visual interpretation of the Bible, the relationship between Christian iconography and biblical interpretation is noteworthy. In some cases this relationship is such that the visual representation is actively involved in the interpretation of the biblical text and is...

Semantics in Biblical Interpretation

JAMES L. BOYER Professor of Greek, Grace College In dealing with a subject which includes the word “semantic" there is a double reason for beginning with the defining of terms; because semantic itself needs defining, and because semantics has to do with the meaning of words, or definition. The word "semantic" is used in two senses; (1) as a technical term in the science of linguistics, and (2) ...

Ecofeminism and Biblical Interpretation

The Biblical Dye Tekhelet and its Use in Jewish Textiles

Two purple textile dyes are referred to in ancient records: one had a blue hue and the other a red.1 The bluish purple was named tekhelet in biblical and Talmudic Hebrew and ‘hyacinthine purple’ by the Romans. The reddish variety was called argaman in the Hebrew and ‘Tyrian purple’ by the Romans. Archaeological findings in the Mediterranean area have indicated that the ancients utilised three s...

\And" Can You Validate It?

We advocate changing a language if that language cannot support validation. To this end, we are exploring the computational cost of basic language constructs within our abductive validation framework. Conjunction is found to decrease the computational cost of validation for theories 5 that are not used for time-based simulation purposes. However, in the case of time-based simulations, the use o...