Various Issues in Hermeneutics

Dr. Robert Stein

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Please Log in to Attend this Lecture

Please log into your free account so you can attend this lecture.

Lesson

Inerrancy of the Bible is an important foundation for the process of translation. Some translations focus more on "word-for-word" equivalents and some focus more on "thought-for-thought" equivalents. Some translations include footnotes to explain a verse that is ambiguous or controversial.

Outline

Various Issues in Hermeneutics

I. Need for new translations

II. What does it mean to be "without error?"

III. Translation Philosophy

A. Word-for-word

B. Thought-for-thought

IV. Translation Preference

V. Comparison of RSV and NRSV

VI. Individual vs. Committee Translations

VII. The use of footnotes

VIII. Comparison of Galatians 3:23-29