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All this hoop jumping an technique labeling, to get at the exegetical method Paul himself was explaining. "The letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life." The idea that we must know the letter of the law was foundational for Paul, which is very much equivalent to the modern idea that we can have some kind of certain knowledge about a text's meaning. The postmodern claim is essentially that inherent meaning does not exist, that individuals invest reality with their own meaning (true enough), and so there is no concrete meaning to the Bible beyond what we say; this is like trying to start with the Spirit, and end with the Law, the reverse of the New Testament project. But, as one prophet put it, we must worship God "in Spirit, and in Truth." We must pay attention to what the text says, and what the author's themselves intended to communicate to their audiences, and we must also pay attention to the underlying Spirit, the principles and intentions that reveal themselves as relevant for all audiences at all times. In short, we must have both approaches, working in tandem, and preferably with a new label, if we are to have something resembling truly Biblical exegesis.