Karl A. G. Keil used this term in 1788, his term grammatico approximated what we mean by the term literal, by which he meant the simple, plain, direct, ordinary, or natural sense of the passage. He was not referring simply to the “grammar” that was used. Likewise, the “historical” setting in which the text was penned was just as significant for this view, since it wanted to get as close as possible to the times and the settings in which the original author was speaking. In order to stress more of