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Church of the Lutheran Confession

Hermeneutics/Biblical Interpretation

About this Class

This study is designed to introduce you to Hermeneutics (Biblical Interpretation). Pastors and preachers today should know how to understand and interpret the Bible correctly. Through this study you will learn about how the Bible interprets itself. This study is divided into 13 lessons that can be downloaded as PDFs by clicking on the links below.

Lessons

Hermeneutics 1 – IntroductionDownload
Hermeneutics 2 – Why the Bible Is Sometimes Hard to UnderstandDownload
Hermeneutics 3 – How to Overcome Our Difficulties in Understanding the BibleDownload
Hermeneutics 4 – Some Rules the Bible Itself Teaches to Help Us Understand the BibleDownload
Hermeneutics 5 – Some Rules the Bible Itself Teaches to Help Us Understand the BibleDownload
Hermeneutics 6 – The Only Books That Are God’s Word Are the Canonical Books of the BibleDownload
Hermeneutics 7 – The Only Worldview of Scripture Is the SupernaturalDownload
Hermeneutics 8 – The Only Text That Is Determinative Is the OriginalDownload
Hermeneutics 9 – The Only Valid Literary Criticism Is the External Kind – The Historical SettingDownload
Hermeneutics 10 – The Only Meaning of the Words Is the Simple, Plain Meaning – Meaning of WordsDownload
Hermeneutics 11 – The Only Meaning of the Words Is the Simple, Plain Meaning – Syntax and GenreDownload
Hermeneutics 12 – The Only Meaning of the Words Is the Simple, Plain Meaning – Figurative LanuageDownload
Hermeneutics 13 – The Only Safe and True Interpreter of Scripture Is Scripture Itself – The Scriptural SettingDownload

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