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Three Elements of Interpretation. Voice Transmission Translation. Experience Emotion. Language. Author. Understanding Distance. Hermeneutical Distance. Text. Experience Emotion. Historical Allegorical Existential. Obedience. Herm. Lens. Interpreter. Telling. Clarifications.
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Three Elements of Interpretation VoiceTransmissionTranslation Experience Emotion Language Author Understanding Distance Hermeneutical Distance Text Experience Emotion HistoricalAllegoricalExistential Obedience Herm. Lens Interpreter Telling
Clarifications • Conscious vs. Unconscious hermeneutics he • Hermeneutics doesn’t solve all your • exegetical problems • My own convictions about the Bible
My Convictions About the Bible: • It is the Word of God. Therefore: – Understandable – Life’s Guide – Revelation of Himself 2. Inspired. Therefore: – flawless – Truth – Lovely H 3. Study is the Highest form of Worship
Project #1 • Make a list of questions about your text. Don’t merely rephrase the text but interrogate it. Who, what, where, when, why, how. • Make a list of observations about your text. Note especially cause and effect, reasoning, structure, tone, comparisons, relationships. • Mark up your text to reflect the Q & O of the text. Make a visual diagram of your interrogation including lines, comments, etc. Axiom #1: A pencil and paper is a mental crowbar.