This essay follows one that I wrote recently where I advocated an interest in typology as an approach to reading scripture. In that essay, I defined types as being not exactly what we think of when we think of allegory, as the term allegory has … Continue reading The Word of God

The rabbis of the Talmud, and even before in Christ’s day, mentioned four methods of interpreting scripture: pshat, drash, sod, and remez. Pshat is the literal grammatical meaning. According to pshat, the story of David and Goliath means that David killed Goliath. Drash is the … Continue reading Symbol in History