Sentence examples for interpreting the text from inspiring English sources
Approaches to the Koran that are now branded as heretical -- interpreting the text metaphorically rather than literally -- were widely practiced in mainstream Islam a thousand years ago.
In theory, the court is supposed to confine itself, as an unelected body, to interpreting the text of the constitution and laws, and not legislate by decree.
I don't remember reading anything in the Bible about anal beads or rubber ticklers for instance, but then theologians have always been adept at interpreting the text to fit their arguments, so if the vicar says they're okay then who am I to question otherwise?
The Levites were trained in the art of interpreting the text to the people; the first product of the creative exegesis later known as Midrash (meaning "investigation" or "interpretation"; plural Midrashim) is to be found in the covenant document of Nehemiah, chapter 9 every item of which shows development, not reproduction, of a ruling of the Torah (see Ezra and Nehemiah, books of).
On the other side, by interpreting the text the reader himself may disclose his own contemporary world and re-interpret himself in the context of his contemporary world.
On this basis, interpreting the text in terms of yin-yang theory, the Laozi is seen to disclose not only the mystery of the origins of the universe but also the secret to personal well-being and sociopolitical order.
Scholars such as Liang Qichao, Luan Tiaofu, and Tan Jiefu achieved many breakthroughs in correcting and interpreting the texts.
He favors both language study and science over the "Sentence-Method" as a way of interpreting the texts of Scripture.
In case of uncertainties interpreting the texts of the resources, the investigators consulted each other or their supervisors.
The authors first appropriated and interpreted the text individually, then discussed the interpretations made until agreement on the most credible interpretation was arrived at [ 27].
It is always the individual person herself, endowed with all her experience and professional knowledge, who interprets the text or at least who decides which interpretation offered by others she wants to follow.
