A History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 1: The Ancient Period (Biblia.com)

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At first glance, it may seem strange that after more than two thousand years of biblical interpretation there are still major disagreements among biblical scholars about what the Jewish and Christian Scriptures say, and about how one is to read and understand them. Yet the range of interpretive approaches now available is the result both of the richness of the biblical texts themselves and of...

We see a similar attitude to the Pauline epistles in 1 Clement, a letter from the Roman church to the Corinthian church from roughly the same period. It is traditionally attributed to Clement, thought to be an early bishop of Rome. It was written to urge the Corinthians to restore their former leaders, and it justifies this advice with a lengthy exhortation against insubordination, jealousy, and pride and in favor of unity and humility. The letters of Paul, specifically the Corinthian correspondence

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