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Messages with tag - Hermeneutics

8, Part 1 - Interpretation. Hendricks Chapters 27 through 29

Sun, Dec 08, 2013

by Robert Dean

Series: Bible Study Methods (2013)

Duration: 45 mins 14 secs

Introduction to Interpretation

Hendricks, Living By the Book, chapters 27 through 29

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8, Part 2 - Interpretation. Hendricks Chapters 27 through 29

Sun, Dec 08, 2013

by Robert Dean

Series: Bible Study Methods (2013)

Duration: 38 mins 8 secs

Problems in Biblical Understanding

Hendricks, Living By the Book, chapters 27 through 29

Assignment:
Read Hendricks, Living By the Book, chapters 30-32.
Read Hendricks, Living By the Book Workbook, chapters 49-51. Work on the assignment in Chapter 49 pertaining to Habakkuk.

Dr. Dean also recommended the following books on Bible interpretation:
Protestant Biblical Interpretation: A Textbook of Hermeneutics by Bernard Ramm
Basic Bible Interpretation by Roy B. Zuck
Expository Hermeneutics: an Introduction by Elliot Johnson
Evangelical Hermeneutics: The New Versus the Old by Robert L. Thomas

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9, Part 1 - Interpretation. Hendricks Chapters 30 through 32

Sun, Dec 15, 2013

by Robert Dean

Series: Bible Study Methods (2013)

Duration: 39 mins 55 secs

Content, Context, and Comparison

Hendricks, Living by the Book, chapters 30 through 32

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9, Part 2 - Interpretation. Hendricks Chapters 30 through 32

Sun, Dec 15, 2013

by Robert Dean

Series: Bible Study Methods (2013)

Duration: 45 mins 59 secs

History of Biblical Interpretation - Up to the Reformation

Hendricks, Living by the Book, chapters 30 through 32

Assignment:
Read Hendricks, Living By the Book, chapters 33-35.

Read Hendricks, Living By the Book Workbook, chapters 52-54. Continue working on the assignment in Habakkuk.

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10, Part 1 - The Golden Rule of Interpretation. Hendricks Chapters 33 through 35

Sun, Dec 22, 2013

by Robert Dean

Series: Bible Study Methods (2013)

Duration: 37 mins 28 secs

History of Biblical Interpretation - Review and Begin History from Luther and the Protestant Reformation
Allegorical Interpretation

Hendricks, Living by the Book, chapters 33-35

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10, Part 2 - History of Biblical Interpretation

Sun, Dec 22, 2013

by Robert Dean

Series: Bible Study Methods (2013)

Duration: 40 mins 36 secs

History of Biblical Interpretation - Calvin and the Protestant Reformation through the 20th Century

Hendricks, Living by the Book, chapters 33-35

Assignment:
Read Hendricks, Living by the Book Workbook, chapters 49-54. Continue working on the assignments in Habakkuk and reading through Habakkuk.

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15 - Did the New Testament Writers Misuse Old Testament Scriptures? [B]

Tue, Jul 01, 2014

by Robert Dean

Passage: Acts 2 & Joel 2

Series: God's Plan for the Ages - Dispensations (2014)

Duration: 1 hr 7 mins 57 secs

Bible interpretation is a subject that fills thousands of books and libraries around the world. One area is the subject of whether the writers of the New Testament shed clarification when they quoted Old Testament scriptures. Listen to this lesson to learn that there are four main schools of interpretation. Hear examples in the New Testament where two of these are illustrated. Learn about major scholars in this field and how you can delve into this subject more fully. Appreciate the many ways the scriptures teach patterns and types about the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ.

For additional information on Midrash/Pesher and Hermeneutics, please see Arnold Fruchtenbaum's paper from the 2009 Chafer Conference.