Transcript HERMENEUTICS

HERMENEUTICS
Proverbs 3:5-8
Prov 3:8
It shall be health to thy navel,
and marrow to thy bones.
BIBLICAL SCIENCE
 Science:
“a branch of
knowledge or study dealing
with a body of facts or truths
systematically arranged and
showing the operation of
general laws.”
6 Major Bible Sciences
 The
study of Canon
(Canonology)
 Historical Criticism
 Textual Criticism
 Hermeneutics
 Exegesis
 Biblical Theology
Definitions
Canonology: means rod or straight
edge, to measure. This science
concerns itself with which books are
inspired of God and which books are
not.
 Historical Criticism: This science
deals with authorship, date of writings,
authenticity , historical background,
and unity.
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Definitions
Textual Criticism: This deals with the
original text of Scripture. You do this
quite often. (King James version verses
the NIV).
 Exegesis: To guide or lead out.
Reading out of the Scripture instead of
reading into the Bible one’s own
interpretations.
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Hermeneutics: This science deals
with correct interpretations of God’s
Word.
 Biblical Theology : It is the doctrine
of God, the proper result of all previous
sciences.
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Methods of Interpretation
 Allegorical
 Mystical
 Devotional
 Rationalistic
 Literal
Allegorical Method
 This
method supposedly goes
beneath the surface of Scripture to
the real meaning hidden beneath
the words.
 Gal 4:24 Which things are an
allegory: for these are the two
covenants; the one from the
mount Sinai, which gendereth to
bondage, which is Agar.
Dangers
 It
is best to rely on this method
only when scripture indicates.
 Why!
 Because, if not, then it has its
basis solely in the mind of the
interpreter.
 Therefore without any means of
authentication.
Mystical Method
 This
method rejects the
plain truth in favor for
multiple meaning within one
text.
 This is the difference
between Allegorical and
Mystical Methods.
Devotional Method
This method places more emphasis on
the personal edifying aspects of the
Bible.
 It does not see the importance of
doctrine.
 Any devotional interpretation must be
based firmly on the literal meaning of
Scripture.
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Examples
A person not willing to work expecting
God to meet their needs because of
certain passages indicating God will.
 A person not willing to attend church
services because we are the church
and can worship God anywhere.
 A person finding verses for their
personal gratification and interpreting
them out of context.
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Rationalistic Method
 This
method denies all Scripture is
actually inspired of God.
 If a person’s intellect can
understand and explain a doctrine
it is accepted.
 If a person can not understand or
explain a doctrine it is rejected.
Literal Method
 This
method does not deny
allegoric or figurative language
in Scripture.
 It simply declares that “figures
of speech” are used to reveal
literal truth.
Examples
The right hand of God, reveals the
literal interpretation of the power and
righteousness of God.
 They shall take up serpents, reveals the
literal truth of our authority over the
devil.
 Matt. 28:19, this method does not
mean taking everything literal but
finding and uncovering literal truth.
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Only Accurate Method
The
Literal Method,
striving to uncover the
“Unadulterated Truth of
God’s Word.”