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Relating to Hermeneutics

Hermeneutics of Trajectory 2008-09-08

How to Read the Bible for All It's Worth eschatological telos (symphonic meaning private ...

Dr. Peter Enns Interviewed by WHYY’s Marty Moss-Coane 2008-08-13

WHYY's Marty Moss-CoaneInspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testamenta time to tear down | A Time to Build ...

Anglican Hermeneutics: Interpretation in Relation to the Church 2008-06-29

1. Anglican Understanding of Scripture[1]Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation: so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation. In the name of the Holy Scripture we do ...

Vatican II: On Scripture and Authority 2008-04-25

Apostolic Succession through Bishops[1]A Single Composite Sacred DepositDei Verbum[2][3]Magisterial Interpretation[4]This magisterium is not superior to the word of God, but is rather its servant. It teaches only what has been handed on to it [ostensibly from the apostles and prophets]. ... It is clear, therefore, that, in the supremely wise arrangement of God, sacred tradition, sacred scripture, and the magisterium ...


Anglican Hermeneutics 2008-04-11

via mediaprivate interpretationunresolvable parity11 For example, articles dealing with how Roman Catholics, Protestants or Anglicans deal with Tradition and Scripture today would be helpful. However, articles about Tridentine formulations and polemics are a bit removed for much relevant ...

Translation and Commentary on Hebrews 1:10 2008-04-07

Translation 10 And "You, O Lord, laid the foundations of the earth in the beginning, [1] and the heavens are the work of your hands. [2]Commentary[1] ???? ????? is not a direct quote of the Creation account in Genesis 1:1 LXX (?? ????); however, this is clearly what is in view conceptually. [2] The use of metaphor (foundations) and anthropomorphism (preincarnate hands) underscore ...

Translation and Commentary on Hebrews 1:1-2 2008-03-30

Translation 1 Previously, God spoke in many episodes and using a variety of media [1] to the fathers by means of the prophets. 2 During these last days He has spoken to us by means of His Son, who was made [2] heir of all things, through whom he also made the ages. [3]Commentary[1] ????????? ??? ?????????? is an interesting pair, ...

Hebrews: a Translation and Commentary 2008-03-29

I have been exceedingly busy with programming work, such that the cyber-contemplative side of my life (also known as Nielsen's Nook) has been largely neglected this March. So I'll be moving on from the desert into this oasis of God's Word. One of the most paradigmatic books of the entire Bible is the book of Hebrews. It provides for us a ...


What’s in Visible Proclamation: The Gospel Reading 2008-02-03

Thomas Howard's Liturgy ...

Let’s not Forget the Immensity of Scripture 2007-10-05

Tony Stiff at Sets 'n' Service“To read a passage of Scripture in context is simply to read it with a sense of its place in the whole. This is, on the other hand, one of the easiest of our hermeneutical principles and takes the least amount of time. But on the other hand, it takes a lifetime. This is true ...

Grant Osborne on Interpreting Paul, Part 4 2007-07-10

Paul's use of Hellenistic forms of rhetoric Liturgical elements in Paul Virtue and vice lists in Paul The center of Paul's theology Theological development in Paul Sociological factors in Paul Paul's relation to the narrative Contextualization of Paul Since the Pauline letters are occasional in nature, and since Paul failed to develop his thought systematically, is it possible to conceive of a Pauline "theology" in the broad ...

Grant Osborne on Interpreting Paul, Part 3 2007-07-06

12 Letters of friendship (cf. 2 Cor 1:16; 5:3; Phil 1:7–8) Family letters Letters of praise and blame (1 Cor 11; Rev 2–3) Exhortatory or paraenetic letters (1 Thess 1-5; the Pastorals) Letters of mediation or recommendation (Phil 2:19-30, Philemon) Juridical or forensic letters (1 Cor 9:3-12; 2 Cor 1:8-2:13) Private or documentary letters Official letters Literary ...


Grant Osborne on Interpreting Paul, Part 2 2007-07-05

The introduction and first section of Osborne's article in the IVP Dictionary of Paul and His Letters is concerned with "recent hermeneutical issues." It is where Osborne defines foundational trajectories that will carry and influence the more practical sections of the article the follow. The scope of my interaction here is not to critique each of his interactions ...

Grant Osborne on Interpreting Paul, Part 1 2007-07-02

Osborne, Grant R. "Hermeneutics/Interpreting Paul." In Dictionary of Paul and His Letters, ed. Gerald F. Hawthorne, Ralph P. Martin and Daniel G. Reid, 388-396. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1993.I have some time off from preaching for a while, so I am diving into Paul, especially the book of Romans after spending much time in Genesis, Deuteronomy and the Psalms. ...

P.P.I.M.P.: The Essential Difference Between Two Systems 2006-01-31

Dispensational TheologyCovenant ...