#interpret

Judges should interpret the law, not make it. ↗

— Lamar S. Smith

#judges #law #make #should

History is the interpretation of the significance that the past has for us. ↗

— Johan Huizinga

#interpretation #past #significance #us

Why in the world would you have it interpreted by nine lawyers? ↗

— Antonin Scalia

#lawyers #nine #why #world #would

I was able to interpret the difference between the sharp, quick sound and the slow, deep sound of percussion and manipulate it, get a third sound out of things, if the beats were rapid enough. ↗

— Sunny Murray

#beats #between #deep #difference #enough

Conscience is the perfect interpreter of life. ↗

— Karl Barth

#interpreter #life #perfect

Proponents of canonical hermeneutics are either unintentionally or willfully naive here-in most cases the naivete is willful. Canonical readings simply act as if the evolution of the text is irrelevant to its meaning; usually this is because it is deemed to be more expedient for the purpose of exhorting a faith community if such considerations are put aside. ↗

— Thom Stark

#canonical-hermeneutics #hermeneutics #faith

It is not possible to understand the NT concept of the church if we overlook the numerous metaphors used to portray it. The church is Christ's body, a temple, a family, a royal priesthood, twelve tribes, the chosen race, Abraham's children, the new creation, the bride of Christ, and so on. Bible readers should be careful not to construct their theology of the church on a single metaphor. ↗

— David Ewert

#church #ecclesiology #family

If there really is such a thing as turning in one's grave, Shakespeare must get a lot of exercise. ↗

— George Orwell

#classics #drama #interpretation #shakespeare #art

Theologians and other clerks, You won't understand this book, -- However bright your wits -- If you do not meet it humbly, And in this way, Love and Faith Make you surmount Reason, for They are the protectors of Reason's house. ↗

— Marguerite Porete

#feminism #interpretation #medieval #mystic #religion

All human knowledge takes the form of interpretation. ↗

— Walter Benjamin

#human #human knowledge #interpretation #knowledge #takes