 | 1860 - 860 sider
...New Testaments as to other books,' and the office of the interpreter is not to add another meaning, but to recover the original one—' the meaning, that...before the eyes of those who heard and read them.' And at the close of a sketch of the history of interpretation, the essayist observes that the diffusion... | |
 | James Buchanan - 1861 - 278 sider
...we are told, ' remains, as at the first, unchanged among the ' changing interpretations of it ; and the office of ' the interpreter is not to add another,...before ' the eyes of those who heard and read them.' This is his second canon — that ' Scripture has one, and ' only one, true meaning ; ' and what use... | |
 | James Buchanan - 1861 - 286 sider
...we are told, ' remains, as at the first, unchanged among the ' changing interpretations of it ; and the office of ' the interpreter, is not to add another,...before ' the eyes of those who heard and read them.' This is his second canon — that ' Scripture has one, and ' only one, true meaning ; ' and what use... | |
 | 1861 - 552 sider
...of ages, under a load of commentators. Tho book itself remains, as at tho first, unchanged amid tho changing interpretations of it. The office of the...that is, of the words as they first struck on the oars or flashed before* tho eyes of those who hoard and read them. Ho has to transfer himself to another... | |
 | James Buchanan - 1861 - 346 sider
...we are told, ' remains, as at the first, unchanged among the ' changing interpretations of it ; and the office of ' the interpreter is not to add another,...that is, of the words ' as they first struck on the cars or flashed before ' the eyes of those who heard and read them.' This' is his second canon —... | |
 | John William Burgon - 1861 - 584 sider
...readers who first received itm." The original sense of Scripture, (says this writer,) is " the meaning of the words as they first struck on the ears, or flashed before the eyes, of those who 1 See Sermon VI. " Professor Jowett in Essays and Reviews, p. 378. V.] BISHOP BUTLER ON INTERPRETATION.... | |
 | 1861 - 604 sider
...is " to be interpreted like any other Book ;" that its words have only one meaning, viz., that which first " struck on the ears or flashed before the eyes of those " who originally heard or read them : we can only remember that the Bible declares itself to be essentially... | |
 | Frederic Henry Hedge - 1862 - 388 sider
...has become confused, by the help of tradition, in the course of ages, under a load of commentators. The book itself remains as at the first unchanged...original one: the meaning, that is, of the words as they struck on the ears or flashed before the eyes of those who first heard and read them. He has to transfer... | |
 | Jonathan Bayley - 1862 - 444 sider
...wrote, to the hearers or readers, who first received it." (p. 378.) In another place, he remarks, " The office of the interpreter is not to add another,...original one ; the meaning, that is, of the words as they struck the ears, or flashed before the eyes of those who first heard or lead them." (p. 338.) But this... | |
 | 1862 - 556 sider
...Scripture," he says, " is to transfer himself to another age," to " recover the meaning of the words as they struck on the ears or flashed before the eyes of those who first heard and read them p." We must here again, with great reluctance, crave leave to dissent. Wo... | |
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The office of the interpreter is not to add another, but to recover the original one: the meaning, that is, of the words as they struck on the ears or flashed before the eyes of those who first heard and read them. 
