Just like “1 + 1 = 10” only makes sense in the binary system, the Bible’s meaning can only be fully grasped within its original cultural and religious framework—the monolatrous, Second Temple henotheistic worldview.
Reading it through later lenses—Trinitarian Christianity, Islam, or rabbinical Judaism—can obscure or misinterpret the text, just as trying to interpret 10 as “ten” in decimal would completely miss its value as 2 in binary.
Context shapes meaning. Without it, we’re literally “counting in the wrong base.”
