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Biblical Interpretation
Bible Hermeneutics • Bible Interpretation • Hermeneutics • Interpretation of the Bible
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Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible
Bible, Interpretation of the
Bible, Interpretation of the. Theological term for the process of discovering the meaning and message of the Bible. To interpret is to bring out the true meaning of something written or spoken, particularly by restating it in other words. One synonym is simply “to explain”; another is “to translate.”
The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia
Bible Interpretation
BIBLE INTERPRETATION. All communication must be properly interpreted by the bearer or reader. Witness Philip’s question to the Ethiopian treasurer, “Do you understand what you are reading?” (Acts 8:30), indicating the need for interpretation.The basic word hermeneutics (Gr. hermēneia, verb hermēneuō)
The New Bible Dictionary, Third Edition
Interpretation, Biblical
INTERPRETATION, BIBLICAL. The purpose of biblical interpretation is to make the meaning and message of the biblical writings plain to their readers. Some principles of interpretation are common to the Bible and other literature, especially other ancient literature; other principles of interpretation
Catholic Bible Dictionary
Interpretation of the Bible
INTERPRETATION OF THE BIBLE The effort to ascertain the meaning of the Bible intended by its divine and human authors. At one level, biblical interpretation makes use of historical and literary tools, for attention must be given to the historical context in which the biblical books were written as well
Dictionary of New Testament Background
Biblical Interpretation, Jewish
BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION, JEWISHInteraction with the OT was a regular and pervasive component of the NT writers’ attempts to explicate the gospel to the first-century audience. By a conservative count, there are roughly 300 NT passages that explicitly cite a specific OT passage and roughly 250 separate
Nelson’s New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
Bible, Interpretation of the, or Hermeneutics
BIBLE, INTERPRETATION OF THE, OR HERMENEUTICS — the science and art of biblical interpretation. Correct Bible interpretation should answer the question, “How can I understand what this particular passage means?” Because there are rules that govern its use, it is a science. Because knowing the rules is
Ecclesiastical Dictionary: Containing, in Concise Form, Information upon Ecclesiastical, Biblical, Archæological, and Historical Subjects
Interpretation and Some Causes of the Difficulties Found in the Bible
Interpretation and Some Causes of the Difficulties Found in the Bible.—The Church teaches that Holy Scripture is a book inspired by God, that is, composed under the influence of the Holy Ghost, in such a manner that it emancipated from all error the one He thus empowered to be His interpreter to man.
Global Dictionary of Theology: A Resource for the Worldwide Church
Hermeneutics
HERMENEUTICSHermeneutics, from the Greek verb hermeneuein, meaning “to express, explain, translate or interpret,” describes the art or theory of interpretation that has as its goal understanding. From Aristotle’s De interpretatione to the philosophical and literary treatises of postmodernity, the word
Pocket Dictionary of Church History: Over 300 Terms Clearly and Concisely Defined
Allegorical Interpretation
allegorical interpretation. This was one of the most influential approaches to biblical interpretation until the Reformation of the sixteenth century. The roots of allegorical interpretation reach back to the Golden Age of Greece and, in early Jewish hermeneutics, to Philo Judeas. In the beginning centuries
Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary
Bible Hermeneutics
BIBLE HERMENEUTICS The theory of biblical interpretation—its goals, methods, principles, and evaluative criteria used in interpreting Scripture. This may sound esoteric and impractical, but, in fact, hermeneutical theory has far-reaching consequences for believers and the church.Every person who approaches
Key passages
2 Ti 3:14–17

But you continue in the things which you have learned and are convinced of, because you know from whom you learned them, and that from childhood you have known the holy writings that are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All scripture is inspired by God and …

2 Pe 3:16

as he does also in all his letters, speaking in them about these things, in which there are some things hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable distort to their own destruction, as they also do the rest of the scriptures.

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