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{{quote | text={{web_verseBible verse|2 Timothy|2|15|lang=WEB}} [[2 Timothy 2:15]]}}
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topic_name = Hermeneutics |
subtopics = [[Exegesis]]* [[Genre]]* History of Hermeneutics - [[Apostolic Hermeneutics]] |
opinion_pieces = {{short_opinions}} |
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Hermeneutics is field of the study of interpretationtheory. In Hermeneutics in the traditional and Christian context hermeneutics tends sense refers to refer to interpreting and understanding the use of interpretation of texts in the [[Bible]].
Hermeneutics involves establishing the important principles for our understanding any part of the Bible, and then interpreting it so its message is made clear to the reader or listener. It inevitably involves [[exegesis]], which is the process of examining what the actual biblical text as it came from meant to the author and its original intended audience. It also involves contextualization or application of the hand meaning of its writer to discover how he communicated God's truththe text in a contemporary context. Taken together, both exegesis and contextualization are what comprises hermeneutics.
The goal in applying the principles of hermeneutics is to "rightly handle the word of truth" ([[2 Timothy 2:15]]) striving to accurately discern the meaning of the text.
Futhermore, when the gospels quote the words of Jesus, it must be remembered that Jesus likely spoke [[Aramaic]], yet the gospel writers wrote in Greek, and so these are translations of Jesus' words by men for whom Greek was not their mother tongue.
====Geography====
====Genre - Style====
===History of Hermeneuetics===
====Jewish Interpretation====
====[[Apostolic Hermeneutics]] - The Apostles Interpretation of the Old Testament====
The way in which the apostles understood and interpreted the Old Testament showed many similarities to contemporary Jewish hermemeutics, but also marked differences. Examination of the apostles' usage of the Old Testament reveals a Christological approach to understanding it, that is, they saw the Old Testament through the lens of Jesus as the fulfilment of Scripture.
====Hermeneutics in the early church====
====Hermeneutics in the Middle Ages====
====Hermeneutics in the Reformation====
====Recent developments in Hermeneutics====
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==Quotes==
==Links==
*[http://www.godward.org/archives/BS%20Notes/Basic%20rules%20for%20NT%20exegesis.htm Basic Rules for New Testament Exegesis] * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_hermeneutics Wikipedia - Biblical hermeneutics]
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