Q: Is there a 'true' or finite interpretation of any historical translated text?
C: Martindale poses multiple times in this text the way an authors assumption about who the reader is can effect their manner of their work siting an author like Jenkys and the assumption of a texts interpretation by a 'naturally' competent reader.
Q: " We all approach the reading of texts with the bagage of our values and experience, with certain categories, assumptions, prejudices, and 'fore-understandings'. To have such baggage is what it is to be a human being in history; without it we could not read at all." (Martindale, 9)