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Quotes about Interpretation

One man's justice is another's injustice; one man's beauty another's ugliness; one man's wisdom anpther's folly.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
A false interpretation of Scripture causes that the gospel of the Lord becomes the gospel of man, or, which is worse, of the devil.
— St. Jerome
Without the interpretation of the universe by man to the glory of God the whole world would be meaningless
— Cornelius Van Til
The views of men can only be known, or guessed at, by their words or actions.
— George Washington
A simple man with Scripture has more authority than the Pope or a council.
— Martin Luther
The proper definition of a man is an animal that writes letters.
— Lewis Carroll
Actually, a myth is a story that is not just not true, but it's a story that is especially true. And I think the myth of Jesus is especially true.
— Jay Parini
It does appear, then, that what you find in the landscape of the Old Testament when you 'get there' very much depends on whom you take with you and through whose eyes you view it.
— Christopher Wright
Since the primary manifestation of Yahweh is Israel itself, any misconstruction of Israel entails a misconstruction of Yahweh.
— Christopher Wright
It is vitally important that we pay attention to the narrative framework in which the Old Testament laws are set.
— Christopher Wright
Clearly, he had his own strange way of judging things. I suspect he acquired it from the Gospels.
— Victor Hugo
As we see, he had a strange and peculiar way of judging things. I suspect that he acquired it from the Gospel.
— Victor Hugo