Biblical Interpretation_General Hermeneutics, Exegesis, Exposition(Application)
12/11/2013
■ Biblical Interpretation
-Proposition : Every biblical text must be interpreted.
--Gordon Fee: "The Need to Interpret" introduction
- Definitions: (Marshall pp. 11-12)
-- Interpretation - the activity of understanding the text: "what we do when we are actually dealing with the text"
-- Hermeneutics - the art or science of interpretation: "what we do when we discuss that is going on when we do interpretation"
■ Three Levels of bible study
- General Hermeneutics
-- The system, philosophy, and theology of finding "meaning" in the text, and how presuppositions affect interpretation.
- Exegesis
-- Textual-linguistic, grammatical-historical study of the text
- Exposition(Application)
-- The task of connecting ancient texts and what they meant "back then" to contemporary contexts and what they mean "today" for us.
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