{"id":136,"date":"2020-04-20T20:38:36","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T20:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.14.142.208\/?p=136"},"modified":"2024-01-17T15:49:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T15:49:58","slug":"sanity-checks-for-bible-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebelsheim.com\/?p=136","title":{"rendered":"Sanity Checks for Bible Study"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Even though the current internet traffic at stevebelsheim.com is dismal, now that I am writing content available for the entire world to see I want to make sure what I write does not \u201ccome out of left field.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp; An article (March 19, 2019) on Logos Talk by Mark Ward entitled \u201c3 Sanity Checks for Odd Bible Interpretations\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.logos.com\/2019\/03\/three-sanity-checks-for-odd-bible-interpretations\/\">https:\/\/blog.logos.com\/2019\/03\/three-sanity-checks-for-odd-bible-interpretations\/<\/a>) helps to keep a student of the Word from coming \u201cout of left field.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While his article focuses on out of the mainstream interpretations, his sanity checks are good practice for all interpreters.&nbsp; Set forth below is a brief description of how I plan to apply his sanity check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, I will check my English translations to identify any translations that agree with my interpretation.&nbsp; I typically consider the ESV, NASB95, NIV, the Amplified Bible, and NLT so I cover a decent scope of translation approaches.&nbsp; My hope is these translations will be consistent with my interpretation.&nbsp; If not, then I may need to revisit my work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Second, he suggests that the interpreter should apply the method of interpretation to the rest of the Bible by asking the question: Does my method of interpretation for this text work elsewhere?&nbsp; I plan to carry out this sanity check along the lines of his article.&nbsp; You will have to read his article to learn this test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Third, I will examine the commentaries to see if any commentators agree with your interpretation.&nbsp; Through the Logos Bible study software I have access to enough commentaries to get a good case of data overload if most commentators agree, great!&nbsp; If not, then I will reevaluate my work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope this blog has been helpful.&nbsp; To gain a fuller description of his sanity tests, please read Mark Ward\u2019s article.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that the image is by Aaron Burden available free on upsplash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even though the current internet traffic at stevebelsheim.com is dismal, now that I am writing content available for the entire world to see I want to make sure what I write does not \u201ccome out of left field.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp; An article (March 19, 2019) on Logos Talk by Mark Ward entitled \u201c3 Sanity Checks for Odd [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[321],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-study"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebelsheim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebelsheim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebelsheim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebelsheim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebelsheim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevebelsheim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137,"href":"https:\/\/stevebelsheim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions\/137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebelsheim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebelsheim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebelsheim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}