http://www.dtspace.net/orca/topic/First-Mention-Principal.htm First Mention Principal Mon, 8 Sep 2008 10:16:59 GMT http://www.dtspace.net/orca/topic/First-Mention-Principal.htm I've read about this principal in a few books on biblical interpretation  (http://www.biblicalresearch.info/page56.html), and I've always raised an eyebrow whenever it's mentioned. Is this principal valid, and how/when should i Mon, 8 Sep 2008 10:16:59 GMT http://www.dtspace.net/orca/topic/First-Mention-Principal.htm#169 http://www.dtspace.net/orca/topic/First-Mention-Principal.htm I've never heard of it before. It sounds interesting. I can certainly go along with the idea that complex ideas are built upon simple ones. For example, Newton formulated laws of gravity. From those laws, complex phenomenon in the universe can be explai Mon, 8 Sep 2008 10:16:59 GMT http://www.dtspace.net/orca/topic/First-Mention-Principal.htm#170 http://www.dtspace.net/orca/topic/First-Mention-Principal.htm the law of first mention, therefore, is of greatest importance to the Bible student can be readily seen from this brief study. Mon, 8 Sep 2008 10:16:59 GMT http://www.dtspace.net/orca/topic/First-Mention-Principal.htm#172 http://www.dtspace.net/orca/topic/First-Mention-Principal.htm Hi, my degree is in biblical studies and I'm starting seminary this fall. Calling it the "Law" of first Mention is certainly a misnomer. Nobody is getting arrested for breaking this "law."    The principles seems fairly commonsense to Mon, 8 Sep 2008 10:16:59 GMT http://www.dtspace.net/orca/topic/First-Mention-Principal.htm#173 http://www.dtspace.net/orca/topic/First-Mention-Principal.htm Here is another page that, I think, gives a better definition of this principal. http://209.85.141.104/search?q=cache:LAD-0r2X8z8J:www.xs4all.nl/~rjvelema/rve_e/lofm.pdf+%22first+mention%22+bible&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=47&gl=c Mon, 8 Sep 2008 10:16:59 GMT http://www.dtspace.net/orca/topic/First-Mention-Principal.htm#175 http://www.dtspace.net/orca/topic/First-Mention-Principal.htm About the Law of First Mention…Let me preface this by saying I DON”T KNOW ANYTHING FOR SURE EXCEPT:God is, Jesus is, and I am not the ‘I AM!’While I continue to be an avid student of the Word, Mon, 8 Sep 2008 10:16:59 GMT http://www.dtspace.net/orca/topic/First-Mention-Principal.htm#429 http://www.dtspace.net/orca/topic/First-Mention-Principal.htm Nice post Glen.   I am interested in hearing what more people have to say, but I think anyone that has read Paul's writings or the book of Acts is familiar with this without knowing it.  When Paul is preaching in Athens about the "Unkn Mon, 8 Sep 2008 10:16:59 GMT http://www.dtspace.net/orca/topic/First-Mention-Principal.htm#473