Definition:
“Mirror reading” is a way of reading a NT letter under the assumption that most of what is said by the biblical writer is reflective of a problem or situation confronting the church. For example: someone might say that because Paul admonishes the Colossians to rid themselves of “anger, wrath, malice, and slander” that this must have been a big problem in the church at Colossae. Such a way of reading the letter could easily be overdone. Some of the instruction that Paul gives may simply be based on the fact that these are universal human problems (because of the presence of sin). “እዚውን ገለ ዜዕገርግሩኹምን ነቲ ወንጌል ክርስቶስ ኪልውጥዎ ዚደልዩን ከም ዘለዉ ማለት እዩ እምበር፡ ካልእ ወንጌልሲ ኣይኰነን። (ገላ.1፡7)”። እዚ ክብል ከሎ፡ ነቲ ቅኑዕ ወንጌል ኪልውጡ ዝደልዩ መዕገርገርቲ ከም ዝነበሩ እዩ ዘርእየና። ስንጸታዊ ወይ ነጸብራቓዊ ንባብ ብምንባብ ክንሓቶ ዝግብኣና ሕቶ ‘እዞም መዕገርገርቲ እንታይ ብምባል እዮም ዘዕገርግርዎም፧’ ዝብል እዩ።