The Carson Center Podcast

The Role of Structure, Style, Context, and Culture in Understanding Scripture

Episode Summary

Don Carson explores the themes of faithfulness and divine blessing in Genesis 39 through Joseph's resistance to temptation, highlighting the literary structure and parallelism within the biblical text.

Episode Notes

In his lecture on Genesis 39, Don Carson examines the literary structure of the text and highlights Joseph's faithfulness in resisting temptation. Focusing on themes of faithfulness and divine blessing, and the significance of biblical parallelism, Carson compares Joseph's rise in Egypt with broader patterns of Hebrew poetry and scripture interpretation.

He teaches the following:

• How the structure of the text highlights faithfulness and blessing
• Parallelism in Hebrew poetry for its significance for understanding biblical texts
• The importance of understanding biblical literary genre
• Applying wisdom literature in a pluralistic society
• How to interpret apocalyptic texts in light of their genre
• The subjective nature of biblical interpretation and its implications for objective truth
• Biblical interpretation and cultural humility

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