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Bonghak Yoo Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
Meaning of a sentence
Hi, I would like to know the meaning of a sentence. Please, kindly, answer my question below.
Could anybody tell me the meaning of the last sentence?
"By the NT(New Testament) period, amid this intense hermeneutical activity three distinctive approaches to Scripture began to coalesce. Each approach was associated with a geographical center of Jewish religious life and a different school of thought. For our purposes, their importance lies in the background they provide on the way NT writers interpreted the OT(Old Testament)."
To be more sepecific, the word "way" in the last sentence, makes it hard to understand the sentence.
Could anybody tell me the meaning of the last sentence?
"By the NT(New Testament) period, amid this intense hermeneutical activity three distinctive approaches to Scripture began to coalesce. Each approach was associated with a geographical center of Jewish religious life and a different school of thought. For our purposes, their importance lies in the background they provide on the way NT writers interpreted the OT(Old Testament)."
To be more sepecific, the word "way" in the last sentence, makes it hard to understand the sentence.
Top answer
There can be many interpretations of a text. The sentence highlights that the NT writers chose an interpretation. e.
- There can be many interpretations of a text.
- The sentence highlights that the NT writers chose an interpretation.
- e.
- There are many ways to do something, the writers chose one way instead of others.
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There can be many interpretations of a text. The sentence highlights that the NT writers chose an interpretation.
I.e. There are many ways to do something, the writers chose one way instead of others.
I.e. There are many ways to do something, the writers chose one way instead of others.
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Bonghak Yoo ... the background they provide on the way NT writers interpreted the OT(Old Testament).the background that they provide on the [way / method / viewpoint] that the NT writers used when they interpreted the OT.
Likewise:
I like the way they decorated this room.
This is the way we do things here.
CJ
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