The second section of "The Bible Through Their Eyes" program -- "Learning How Words Work" -- has been revised and uploaded to the website.
"A goal that every reader of the Bible should have is to determine what the words they are reading meant to the original author and the audience to whom he or she was writing. This is not a simple task. As a matter of fact it may be impossible in some cases. There are, however, guidelines that one may use to ensure the highest possibility of accuracy.
This is what we call learning how words work
Learning how words work allows us to see beyond the cultural blinders that we have worn all of our lives. We have been acquiring words, along with the bundles of association provided by our culture, all of our lives. So have many others, otherwise, without this process, communication with one another would be impossible. It is those shared bundles of associations that combine to create our languages."
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