1 Evangelicals and Hermeneutics* Over the past couple of decades I have encountered several students who wished to do research in the area of hermeneutics. This represents one symptom of where we are in biblical research at the present time. Hermeneutics is a central concern in biblical studies. Galloping professional narrowness will force me to deal here primarily with problems arising in the area of the New Testament rather than in the Bible as a whole, but what I have to say will, I hope, represent