Chicago Statement on Biblical Hermeneutics. With commentary by Norman L.
Geisler Reproduced from Explaining Hermeneutics: A Commentary on the Chicago Statement on Biblical Hermeneutics. Oakland, California: International Council on Biblical Inerrancy, 1983. Preface Summit I of the International Council on Biblical Inerrancy took place in Chicago on October 26-28, 1978 for the purpose of affirming afresh the doctrine of the inerrancy of Scripture, making clear the understanding of it and warning against its denial. The work of Summit I had hardly been completed when it became evident that there was yet another major task to be tackled. In similar fashion to the Chicago Statement of 1978, we herewith present these affirmations and denials as an expression of the results of our labors to clarify hermeneutical issues and principles. Article I. Biblical Hermeneutics. HERMENEUTICS - A GUIDE TO BASIC BIBLE INTERPRETATION BY DARRYL.
Issues in Hermeneutics. Prof.
Herman C. Hanko (Prof. Herman C. Hanko can be contacted at: hanko@prca.org ) The following were a series of four articles which appeared in the Protestant Reformed Theological Journals of April and November, 1990, and April and November, 1991. Perhaps no single issue has dominated the agenda of the Reformed and Presbyterian church world today more than the issue of Hermeneutics. In many, if not most, seminaries in the country higher critical views of Scripture are taught, whether these seminaries stand in the Reformed or in the Presbyterian tradition. Biblical Interpretation and Application Reading Room. Basic Bible Interpretation - Roy B. Zuck, Donald Campbell. Hermeneutics - Bible study interpretation. Hermeneutics is the science and methodology of Bible study interpretation.
One of the most fundamental principles of Bible interpretation is to interpret the Bible in light of God's character. If a particular interpretation contradicts God's character, that interpretation is wrong. The second principle of Bible interpretation is that what the Bible says clearly, explicitly and comprehensively takes precedent over interpretations which are based on inference or peripheral passages or just a few verses. Now granted that what we know of God's character is revealed in the Bible, and so requires some interpretation.
But God clearly, explicitly, and rather comprehensively reveals His character throughout the Bible. Interpretation particularly comes into play in passages where the interpretation may not be clear or intuitively obvious, when there's possible ambiguity or something paradoxical. Often used in combination with eisogesis is over-allegorizing passages. Women in Authority? Biblical Hermeneutics. Biblical hermeneutics. BiblicalStudies.org.uk - The Interpretation of Scripture. Bible Interpretation-Hermeneutics. For an Answer: Christian Apologetics - Hermeneutics. Rightly Divided Skeptics often ask me, "If the Bible is God's Word, why are there so many different interpretations of what He supposedly said?
" Those who accept the Bible as the Word of God believe that God has spoken to us unambiguously. We believe that there is only one "right" interpretation of any given Biblical passage - the meaning God intended when He "breathed" His word into the human author. If this view is correct, it follows that of the many "different interpretations" skeptics refer to, there must be only one that is valid. That is, while a particular passage may have many applications, it must have only one meaning - the one the author (through inspiration of the Holy Spirit) intended. Bible Interpretation-Hermeneutics. Hermeneutics. Written by Don Closson Understanding the Bible If you have ever had a prolonged discussion with a Jehovah's Witness, Mormon, or New Ager over a passage of Scripture, you might relate to an experience that I had recently.
I sat down with someone who had obviously spent considerable time in the Bible, who stated a desire to know God's truth and was willing to work diligently to please God, sacrificing both time and money. However, when it came to determining what the Bible taught concerning how we might please Him and what we must do to be saved, we found little we could agree upon. At times it felt as if we were reading two completely different texts. The problems I encountered were the result of different rules of interpretation. There are three good reasons why we have difficulty understanding the biblical text. Our goal should be to exegete, or draw meaning from the Scriptures, rather than to impose meaning onto them.
God's Communication Link What Is a Literal Interpretation? Notes. The Holy Spirit and Hermeneutics. Preface This brief essay is a preliminary attempt at articulating the role of the Holy Spirit in relation to the interpretation of Scripture.
Criticisms and interactions are invited. (It must be kept in mind, however, that I am addressing evangelicals. Those with a different theological grid will, I am sure, find so much to criticize in this essay that they won’t know where to begin!) Introduction The relation of the Holy Spirit to hermeneutics is a hot issue among evangelicals today. Surprisingly, there is also an increasingly large gap between conservative scholars. Some Key Issues.