Four Key Principles of Exegesis

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Class: 
Biblical Hermeneutics Essentials
Lecture label: 
NT110-5

The first goal of hermeneutics is to determine the meaning of the text that the author intended. The interpretation process must take into account the genre of the literature and the historical and literary context. The meaning of the text controls our application.

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Four Key Principles of Exegesis
 

Introduction and Review

A. Determine the Author's Intended Meaning

B. The Meaning of a Text is Genre Dependent

C. Context is the Key to Interpretation

1. Historical Context

2. Literary Context

D. The Text Itself Must be Given Priority

1. A spiral from inductive to deductive reasoning

2. A spiral from text to context

E. Clarification of the meaning of the phrase, "interpreting the Bible literally."

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