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John Bell from the Iona Community in Scotland shared some hymns with us and spoke about insights that can be gathered when the community does the exegesis together. Rather than relying solely on an intellectual approach that relies on Aramaic, Greek or Hebrew interpretations, he has gathered some remarkable insights in third world countries where people who love the Word bring their own life experiences to understanding what the world was like in the time of Jesus. In fact their world view is similar because of their poverty and the oppressive conditions in which they live. In some ways they can do exegesis better than a well-educated scripture scholar training in Chicago or Oxford. He gave some great examples of this from his new book and asked us to buy the book to find out more. After hearing his presentation which was filled with fresh new ways of thinking about the world of Jesus, I do want to read his book, Ten Things They Never Told Me About Jesus.
