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Intro to Hermeneutic
The introduction to the study of principles
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Hermeneutics | The study of principles by which we interpret God's written word according to it's intended meaning |
| Interpretation | The process of seeking to understand the meaning that God intended to communicate through the words of the biblical author |
| Exegesis | drawing out from the text the meaning that is there |
| Eisegesis | reading our own ideas and assumptions into the meaning |
| meaning | what the author intended to communicate through the text |
| application | asks how the truth communicated to the text relates to particular people and circumstances |
| passage | can have many different meanings, but that meaning can have many applications |
| Text | the actual words and sentences |
| Immediate context | versus and paragraphs surrounding a passage |
| Literary Context | passage fits within the story of the book |
| Historical Context | circumstances and culture |
| Cunomical Context | How the passage fits in the scripture as a whole |
| Inerrancy | Scripture is the original writings is completely true and free from error |
| Infability | Scripture cannot fail or deceive or lead God's people into error |
| How many books are in the bible | 66 |
| How many authors | 40 |
| How many languages | 3 |
| Hebrew | Old testament |
| Greek | New Testament |
| Who is the ultimate author | God |
| Written of three languages | Hebrew |
| Written of three languages | Aramic |
| Written of three languages | Greek |