Tag: Pesher

Revelation 2:1 Through 3:22 – Imperatives to the Seven Churches

ἀκουσάτω (let him listen) τί (what) τὸ (the) Πνεῦμα (Spirit) λέγει (says) ταῖς (to the) ἐκκλησίαις (churches) , στήρισον (strengthen) τὰ (the things) λοιπὰ (that remain) ἃ (which) ἔμελλον (are about) ἀποθανεῖν (to die), κράτει (hold fast) ὃ (what) ἔχεις (you have)

Until you know the meaning of a terms, hearing one can cause you to loose attention. I did not know what pesher was when I first heard it but pesher is used in the Church today,  day to day, week to week.  Pesher focuses the reader/hearer on considering how to apply scripture to our lives today. Toward the beginning […]

Pesher – How Does the Scripture Apply to Us

Pesher is an interpretive technique where a text is interpreted, not as much related to its original setting, but rather to provide a solution or application related to the current cultural setting.

Pesher is one of those words heard more often in academic settings than in a local congregation. Pesher can be one of those words we hear and we start to blur over. This is unfortunate, as pesher פֵּשֶׁר, a Hebrew word, simply means interpretation. It becomes not what a verse meant to those living when it […]