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ICYMI! NOVEMBER BOOK CLUB: World’s Oldest Bible - Science and the Discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls

Chapter 10.2: The Bible Reinterpreted
Date: Saturday, Nov 9
Time: 9am EST (10am MY/SG Time)
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The Bible is understood as God’s ancient revelation to humans through the lens of 10th century BC Israelites to the 2nd century AD “Jesus Followers.” As the teachings spread and human experience evolved, the Bible was retold, reinterpreted and rewritten to meet the needs of God’s People.

REINTERPRETING REVELATIONS
New knowledge reinterprets beliefs. Examples:
- The CRISPR/Cas9 challenges our understanding of life, healing, death, and immortality.
- High-Sp*ed photography extends our vision to see what was once invisible.
- Microbiology shows that chemicals change our behavior, and particle physics shows that we are all made of the same stuff.
- NASA’s Mars Exploration Program may find evidence of microbial existence, which would change the assumption that humans are the only crowning glory of creation.
In both scientific inferences and spiritual beliefs, new knowledge leads to reinterpretations.

Every sermon involves reinterpretations of the Bible. Sacred writings reflect our uncertain quest for spiritual certainty as we respond to new discoveries with human vocabularies to express divine truths.

Unlike either mathematics or the sciences, biblical compositions are timeless reflections with spiritual insights that serve the communities of each generation based on their evolving states of knowledge. Thus, modern Bibles are periodically reviewed, revised and updated.

New discoveries or insights lead to reinterpretations of revelation.

Christianity inherits, adopts and adapts past retellings, reinterpretations and rewritings to review, revise and update their scriptures for the future.

The Media is not the Message.