The paper will demonstrate the ability of the Holy Scripture to become a part of a dialogue with cultures. That will be shown in the example of the Melanesian culture, concretely, on the author’s experience of the lecturing on the Old Testament in the seminary on the Solomon Islands in 2012 and 2014. There are some questions surfacing by themselves, such as the following ones: Does the remoteness of the Holy Scripture from the world of its origin present an obstacle for its understanding? Is teaching people, that has accepted Christianity only recently, a further obstacle? How to find the contact, the relation, a dialogue between the culture in which the Holy Scripture originates, and the culture of another people? The paper pays attention to the ability of the Holy Scripture, which has an extraordinary characteristic, namely its independence to outlive the authors and the time of the origin, and the ability to confront its readers on its way throughout history. The literary approach to the Holy Scripture proves to be a convenient way of its comprehension. An attentive reader can find the message in it through the inner dialogue with the text. The text enters into the relation with the reader. Between the world that the Holy Scripture embodies and awakes, and the reader’s world, there is an ongoing dialogue, an interpersonal relation. Furthermore, I will present some observations concerning the relation between the students of the Solomon Islands and the message of the Holy Scripture.
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