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Old Testament Cosmology and Divine Accommodation: A Relevance Theory Approach is unavailable, but you can change that!

In order to reconcile the discrepancies between ancient and modern cosmology, confessional scholars from every viewpoint on the interpretation of the early chapters of Genesis agree that God accommodated language to finite human understanding. But in the history of interpretation, no consensus has emerged regarding what accommodation entails at the linguistic level. More precise consideration of...

and similarly, elevated literary prose intentionally invites a reader to explore the context more intensely in order to achieve the cognitive reward offered by the author. Processing might take greater effort, but the cognitive effects are achieved in the same way as in conversational communication. Paul’s Corinthian correspondence illustrates how written communication can be highly dependent on a contextual situation. Most illustrative is Paul’s clarification in 1 Cor 5:9–11 of the meaning expressed
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