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Hermeneutics Introduction and Rationale

Hermeneutics Introduction and Rationale. Dr. William Cox Ed.D. Summer 2007 Residency. Purpose. To enable both personal obedience and “faith-learning integration” in professional activities. Process of Rightly Discerning.

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Hermeneutics Introduction and Rationale

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  1. Hermeneutics Introduction and Rationale Dr. William Cox Ed.D. Summer 2007 Residency

  2. Purpose To enable both personal obedience and “faith-learning integration” in professional activities.

  3. Process of Rightly Discerning • Exegesis - - careful systematic study to discover the original intended meaning • Hermeneutics - - systematic methods of interpretation of text primarily for contemporary application • Integration - - the process and product of properly interweaving biblically based teachings and all of life’s events • Commitment - - living it!

  4. Wrongly Discerning • Eisegesis: interpreting for what you want it to say rather than for what it says. E.g., heavenly preexistence – Jer 1:5.

  5. Two Quick Exegetical Examples • Using the following two biblical teachings, Pat Robertson was able to write The Secret Kingdom book: • Jesus and John the Baptist taught that the Kingdom of Heaven was now at hand (e.g., Matt 3:2) and it operated differently than the natural order does (e.g., John 18:36) • Biblical statements that are addressed to all readers and that are not restricted by time or recipient usually describe Kingdom operations (e.g., his chapter on the power of unity initiated from Tower of Babel observation that “nothing is impossible to men when they are in unity” - - Gen 11:6) • Admiral Matthew Maury initiated charting all the ocean currents based on believing in the truthfulness of Psalm 8:8 - - “the paths of the seas.”

  6. Sample Resources • Bible Study Helps • Fee, Gordon D. & Stuart, Douglas (1993). How to read the Bible for all its worth (2nd ed.). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. (ISBN: 0310384915). • Traina, Robert A. (1980). Methodical Bible Study. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. (ISBN: 0310246024). • Virkler, Henry A. (1995). Hermeneutics. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker (ISBN: 0801020670). • www.crosswalk.com

  7. Literal Equivalent Free 2. Bibles – Range of interpretations: NIVNABGNBJBNEB Phillips KJVNASBWuest RSV LB My Preferences: • The NIV Study Bible: New International Version. (1985). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan (ISBN: 0310907675). • Spirit-filled life Bible (NKJV). (1991). Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson. • Nelson study Bible (NKJV). (1997). Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson. • Wuest, Kenneth S. (1961). The New Testament: An expanded translation. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.

  8. 3. References • Abingdon’s Strong’s exhaustive concordance of the Bible (1890/1980). Nashville, TN: Abingdon.

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