Students of the Bible often make mistakes that can be avoided if they are aware of errors that others have committed. One of the errors is the \u201cEvidential Fallacy\u201d which fails to approach the text with the presumption that it is accurate. Another mistake is the \u201cSuperior Knowledge Fallacy\u201d which occurs when one, in approaching difficult texts, practices textual emendation to accommodate the critic\u2019s ignorance. A third mistake is the \u201cWord Study Fallacy\u201d which uses imaginative extrapolations to find unjustified meanings in individual words. The \u201cFallacy of Reading Between the Lines\u201d reads into the Scriptures what one thinks the text implies. Another mistake occurs in improper explanations of the two tenses of Hebrew verbs, the perfect (or qatal) and the imperfect (or yiqtol). Occasionally in the NT, the \u201cFallacy of Ignoring Particles\u201d causes an interpreter to miss emphasis that is conveyed by Greek particles. Sometimes a translation leaves out words found in the original language causing the \u201cFallacy of Reduction.\u201d Correct interpretation results from close attention to details of the text in avoiding the mistakes mentioned above, as well as others.<\/p>\n
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