An Expositor’s Quote
Expositor’s Quote from the Australian Anglican pastorP.J.H. Adam: We all know the saying `A text without a context is a pretext’, whichpoints to the danger of trying to interpret words out of theircontext. However the task of understanding a text in context is morecomplex than many realize. To place a text in context we must identifyits >literary context theological contexthistorical contextcontext in OT or NT theologycontextin God’s progressive revelationcontext in biblical theologyWhen God chose to reveal his saving will in the Bible, he did not use a systematic theology, a dictionary of useful texts, or an anthologyof current debates. He