Hermeneutics

Hermeneutics

Practice or discipline of interpreting.

The reader is the determiner of meaning

This belief implies that text is a manifestation of the interpreter’s own beliefs and desires.

Author as the Determiner

The Bible should be treated as a unique work of art with its own distinct rules

Stein wrote that what a biblical author willed by his text is anchored in ——.

history

The meaning and implications of the biblical texts are the same thing

False; there is one meaning and many implications

God is the Author of the Bible

Yes, the scripture claims so

Perhaps the greatest need in reading the bible is to distinguish between the vast amount of —— that we can learn from the biblical texts, especially those involving biblical ——, from the meaning the authors sought to convey through this information.

information; narrative

The meaning of a biblical text —- changes.

never

An interpreter creates the implications in a text’s meaning.

True

Significance

How the reader responds to the meaning of a text

Understanding

the mental grasp of an author's meaning by the reader. 

Interpretation precedes understanding.

False

Mental Acts

the experiences of an author while writing the text.

Semantic Range

the limit of possible meanings by the words (verbal symbols) of a text.

Literary Genre

the form being used by an author and the rules governing that form.

Context

the willed meaning that an author gives to the literary materials surrounding a passage in a text.

Deductive Study

Topical Approach