provides the key for distinguishing between Bible content which is universally normative and that which is culturally limited. God’s truth is objective. Its meaning is to be found in the writer’s intent.24 Role and rule of context. The role of historical and literary elements in the immediate context25 should serve as a filter so that the precise referential meaning of any given word or phrase may be identified. Writers have chosen to set in juxtaposition various words and phrases as a means of