Hermeneutics
The Study and Art of Interpretation
Biblical Hermeneutics focuses specifically on the Interpretation, Understanding, and Appropriation of Biblical Texts
4 Types of Interpretation
- Literal Interpretation
- Seeks out the "plain meaning" of a biblical text
- Please click the link below for more on the Literal Interpretation of Scripture
2. Moral Interpretation
- Method of interpretation used to reveal the ethics behind the text
3. Allegorical Interpretation
- This type of interpretation views the Bible narratives as having a secondary level of meaning
- Interpreting people and events as only foreshadowing people and events in the New testament
4. Anagogical Interpretation
- Mystical and Spiritual interpretation
- Interpreting Scripture in view of the life to come
- Focuses on Messianic prophecies and the study of the last days
- Focuses on Messianic prophecies and the study of the last days