To sum up: The first leg of the hermeneutical stool is to consciously identify our own context and discover the points of contact between it and the biblical context. In this way, we can identify cues that will allow for a more accurate interpretation of the text through a process of comparing the two contexts and analysing the findings. The second leg of the hermeneutical stool is to seek to understand the theological emphases of a text and how these are expressed in relation
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