of all kinds assume that the intended audience of the discourse is themselves; that is, modern people who think in modern ways and share the curiosities and concerns of the modern world. Because they assume that the author communicates meaningfully to them, they read the text in such a way as to make it meaningful for them because they assume that the author is communicating to them personally. This assumption is usually based on the idea that God is the author (the basic meaning of inspiration)
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