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The method we use in the interpretation of Scripture is crucial for a correct understanding of God’s Word. Unfortunately, postmodern trends in the Christian church have largely led to the abandonment of the idea that in Scripture God is still speaking to us. But in order to hear God correctly, we need to apply proper methods in the interpretation of his Word. Interpreting Scripture applies these...

Historical inaccuracies—Besides such theological contradictions there are also many historical errors in the Apocrypha. The book Judith is riddled with historical inaccuracies. In Judith 1:1 Nebuchadnezzar is said to rule “over the Assyrians in the great city of Nineveh, in the days of Arphaxad, who ruled over the Medes in Ecbatana.” Nebuchadnezzar ruled over the Babylonians in the great city of Babylon, not over the Assyrians in the great city of Nineveh. Nineveh had been destroyed by king Nabopolassar,
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