2008年2月11日 星期一

Notes on Hermeneutics

I found most books on Hermeneutics are of such divisions.

General principles :
1. Word & Grammar studies
2. Immediate Context
3. Cross references
4. Historical & cultural background

Special principles :
1. Parables & metaphors
Background,structure,cultural details,main point,kingdom teachings,beware build up doctrine,relevancies,whole understandings

2. Prophecies & types
Oracles,types,balance(teachings/conditional/fulfilled?),literal,symbolic,
Christocentric,one's perspective,relevancies

3. Poetics
Stanza,parallelism,metaphor,background,types,messianic functions,whole psalm

4. Apocalyptics
Literary types,text main points,structure,symbolics,theology

Ten main principles derived from the above considerations are:
1. Whole book
2. Paragraphs
3. Grammar
4. Etymology
5. Semantics
6. Background
7. Bible Theology
8. Historical Theology
9. Systematic Theology
10.Homiletics

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