An Introduction to Classical Evangelical Hermeneutics: A Guide to the History and Practice of Biblical InterpretationWords...grammar...syntax...context--all of these elements form the basis for hermeneutics, the principles and practice of interpreting works of literature. Here is a set of written tools and guidelines for an accurate interpretation and understanding of Scripture. Topics covered include: A history of interpretation and the various hermeneutical traditions in Christian history; An examination of dispensational hermeneutics in the early church; The importance of the doctrine of inerrancy in Bible interpretation; and Understanding symbols and types in biblical prophecy. |
Contents
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Principles of Hermeneutics | 52 |
Symbols and Types in Prophecy | 71 |
Interpretive Systems Throughout History | 85 |
The Early Church Fathers and the Foundations of Dispensationalism | 87 |
Salvation in the Dispensation of the Church | 192 |
The First Reference to the Church Matthew 161320 | 199 |
Matthew 13 The Church or the Kingdom? | 210 |
The Postponement Theory | 221 |
Is the Church Grafted into Israel as Some Allegorists Believe? | 227 |
Why the Church Is Not Referenced in the Olivet Discourse | 236 |
Interpreting Prophecy | 253 |
Introductory Thoughts on Allegorical Interpretation and the Book of Revelation | 255 |
The Allegorists Who Undermined the Normal Interpretation of Scripture | 95 |
Calvinism Dispensationalism and Later History | 104 |
The Dispensations of Charles Hodge | 128 |
Hermeneutics and the Covenants of Scripture | 139 |
Interpreting the Church | 155 |
Covenant Theology and the Doctrine of the Church | 157 |
Dispensational Hermeneutics and the Doctrine of the Church | 164 |
Dispensation of the Law Replaced by the Dispensation of the Church | 182 |
The Kingdom of God | 291 |
Is Ezekiels Temple Literal? | 300 |
A Comparison of Views Between Covenant Theology and Dispensational Theology | 317 |
Endnotes | 333 |
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Popular passages
Page 27 - The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
Page 30 - For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host : and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
Page 45 - Truly, truly, I say to you unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you; he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.