{"id":115,"date":"2009-06-30T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-30T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/2009\/06\/the-word-in-jaz.html"},"modified":"2009-06-30T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-30T21:00:00","slug":"the-word-in-jaz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2009\/06\/the-word-in-jaz.html","title":{"rendered":"The Word in Jazz: Finding Your Voice (p1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Frog\"<\/a>What is the Bible?  All too often we treat it like a science project:  Study it…develop propositions about it…defend it.<\/p>\n

Now I'm all for serious Bible study.  We can only benefit from understanding the original languages and context.  However, we can't stop at this.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Approaching the Bible as a science project…dissecting it verse-by-verse, word-for-word…has great benefit, though we need to be very careful. If we are not, then we will be like the high school student who disects a frog and sees all of the inner parts but in the process the frog looses its' life.  What if that is what we are doing to the living word?<\/p>\n

That's why I ask…<\/p>\n

What if we experienced the word of God as a song that sets us free to compose, a melody that has room for our voice to join in with the ancients?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

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Hermeneutics–the art and science of Biblical interpretation.<\/p>\n

We need this approach to scripture but it needs to be balanced with a "jazzaneutic."<\/p>\n

That is…<\/p>\n

    \n
  • …the art of knowing the scriptures by living them and experiencing them in community.<\/li>\n
  • …the willingness to let the Bible interpret us no vice versa.<\/li>\n
  • …seeing meaning not only in what is said but what is being done by the Biblical authors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Some "jazzaneutic" guidlines:  When reading the scriptures ask…<\/p>\n

      \n
    • What isthe author saying?  (this will take care of the study part)<\/li>\n
    • What is the author doing? (this will open our eyes to the off beats–syncopation)<\/li>\n
    • Can I do that with and for others? (this will lead to improvisation and call & response. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Did anyone take a shot at writing their own 23rd Psalm?<\/span> <\/p>\n

        \n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n

        <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Approaching the Bible as a science project…dissecting it verse-by-verse, word-for-word…has great…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finding-the-groove"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Word in Jazz: Finding Your Voice (p1) - The Jazz Theologian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2009\/06\/the-word-in-jaz.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Word in Jazz: Finding Your Voice (p1) - The Jazz Theologian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What is the Bible?  All too often we treat it like a science project:  Study it…develop propositions about it…defend it. 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