First, my apologies for the pessimistic post yesterday, folks…John, I appreciate your referencing the four rabbinical ways of interpretation.  Maybe I should post this on a different thread, but I was wondering if you could give an obvious example of each?  I think I understand them all but I would like to be more certain.As I looked over the list, it occurred to me that often Evangelical Christians seem to focus heavily on "p’shat" and "midrash" applications but ignore the other two… I wonder if that is really the case, and if so, why?  Perhaps, as you say, it is due to potential for abuse.