Comments on: Psalms From the Oppressed: A Sermon on Psalms 9-10 http://www.nathancolquhoun.com/2009/08/16/psalms-from-the-oppressed-a-sermon-on-ps-10 the home of Nathan Colquhoun Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:45:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mat http://www.nathancolquhoun.com/2009/08/16/psalms-from-the-oppressed-a-sermon-on-ps-10#comment-2461 Mat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-2461 Hey Nathan,<br /> Interesting conclusions... worthwhile read. <br /> A couple things:<br /> First, Song of Songs is not the shortest book in the text. The only way it is remotely close to the shortest in the OT is if you take the book of the twelve as one. <br /> <br /> Second, your example of the analogy from SofS is a straw-man. Even is I consider the Bible fell from heaven and is prepositionally true, the concept of analogy, metaphor and genre based questions are permitted. (See the Chicago statement on Biblical Hermeneutics Ariticle 10- It argues for the vary understanding you are mocking but still permits analogy) Who really believes that position? <br /> Have good day! Hey Nathan,
Interesting conclusions… worthwhile read.
A couple things:
First, Song of Songs is not the shortest book in the text. The only way it is remotely close to the shortest in the OT is if you take the book of the twelve as one.

Second, your example of the analogy from SofS is a straw-man. Even is I consider the Bible fell from heaven and is prepositionally true, the concept of analogy, metaphor and genre based questions are permitted. (See the Chicago statement on Biblical Hermeneutics Ariticle 10- It argues for the vary understanding you are mocking but still permits analogy) Who really believes that position?
Have good day!

]]> By: Nathan Colquhoun http://www.nathancolquhoun.com/2009/08/16/psalms-from-the-oppressed-a-sermon-on-ps-10#comment-2462 Nathan Colquhoun Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-2462 Hey Matt, good call, I don't know why I wrote it was the smallest, I read it somewhere in my studies and then through it in there for more interesting info, but maybe it was the smallest book of the writings? Haha, I'm an idiot. I'll change it now, thanks for pointing it out.<br /> <br /> As for the Straw Man, it wasn't really an argument I was making as to why we can't take everything literally, it was more an hyperbolic example of what happens when you do. It was 90% joke, 10% reality. You would be surprised, especially coming from a Pentecostal position, how people read the Bible (you saw the example I gave about Psalms 5:5). So I was more prepping everyone listening to help them understand what we were reading wasn't just simply God telling us what to believe. Hey Matt, good call, I don’t know why I wrote it was the smallest, I read it somewhere in my studies and then through it in there for more interesting info, but maybe it was the smallest book of the writings? Haha, I’m an idiot. I’ll change it now, thanks for pointing it out.

As for the Straw Man, it wasn’t really an argument I was making as to why we can’t take everything literally, it was more an hyperbolic example of what happens when you do. It was 90% joke, 10% reality. You would be surprised, especially coming from a Pentecostal position, how people read the Bible (you saw the example I gave about Psalms 5:5). So I was more prepping everyone listening to help them understand what we were reading wasn’t just simply God telling us what to believe.

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