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Hermeneutics/Biblical Interpretation

About this Class

This study is designed to introduce you to Hermeneutics (Biblical Interpretation). Pastors and preachers today should know how to understand and interpret the Bible correctly. Through this study you will learn about how the Bible interprets itself. This study is divided into 13 lessons that can be downloaded as PDFs by clicking on the links below.

Lessons

Hermeneutics 1 – Introduction

Hermeneutics 2 – Why the Bible Is Sometimes Hard to Understand

Hermeneutics 3 – How to Overcome Our Difficulties in Understanding the Bible

Hermeneutics 4 – Some Rules the Bible Itself Teaches to Help Us Understand the Bible

Hermeneutics 5 – Some Rules the Bible Itself Teaches to Help Us Understand the Bible

Hermeneutics 6 – The Only Books That Are God’s Word Are the Canonical Books of the Bible

Hermeneutics 7 – The Only Worldview of Scripture Is the Supernatural

Hermeneutics 8 – The Only Text That Is Determinative Is the Original

Hermeneutics 9 – The Only Valid Literary Criticism Is the External Kind – The Historical Setting

Hermeneutics 10 – The Only Meaning of the Words Is the Simple, Plain Meaning – Meaning of Words

Hermeneutics 11 – The Only Meaning of the Words Is the Simple, Plain Meaning – Syntax and Genre

Hermeneutics 12 – The Only Meaning of the Words Is the Simple, Plain Meaning – Figurative Language

Hermeneutics 13 – The Only Safe and True Interpreter of Scripture Is Scripture Itself – The Scriptural Setting

Or download all 13 lessons here:

Hermeneutics – All Lessons PDF