Chapter 1 THE HERMENEUTICS OF DEATH As we approach the subject of what the Bible teaches concerning death and an afterlife, we must emphasize the importance of hermeneutics. What is hermeneutics? Hermeneutics is the discovery, understanding and use of those linguistic and literary principles or rules of interpretation which should be followed when one seeks to understand the Bible. Exegesis is the practical application of hermeneutical principles to a specific text in order to discover the intent
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