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Explain How The Concepts Of Capstone Christ And His World

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BIBL 4523-03, Capstone: Christ and His World Fall 2015 Dr. Kooi Exam 1 Explain how the concepts of “myth” and “story” help us to understand the Bible properly. To understand how the concepts of “myth” and “story” help us understand the Bible, first we need to define what a myth and story mean. A myth is a traditional or legendary tale usually concerning some being, human, hero, or event with or without a determinable basis of fact or natural explanation. A story on the other hand is the retelling of an event, whether true or false. Myths through the course of history have been used as the foundation of philosophical and religious thought. Myths have also been used by every ancient culture to establish answers to the fundamentals of the universe

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