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An introductory course on the principles for interpreting Scripture. It summarizes the need for hermeneutical principles, and explores the qualifications, tools, and goals of a biblical interpreter. This is followed by a historical survey of hermeneutics from early Jewish interpreters to the present. The course includes a unit on the general and specific principles for interpreting the Bible, a...

Jewish Interpreters, the Apostles, and Church Fathers (200 BC–AD 600) Jewish Interpreters The interpreting of Scripture has a long history. The first interpreters the Bible introduces were the Levites who helped Ezra. This introduction comes after Ezra led the second group back to Jerusalem from Babylon (457 BC). The people no longer spoke Hebrew, the language in which the Scriptures had been written. Because of the seventy years of captivity, they spoke Aramaic, the language of Babylon. Therefore,
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