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1 | Biblical Interpretation Term | Heb 10:11 | DocTrinsograce | 170341 | ||
Dear Robin, There are two general schools of thought regarding the interpretation Scripture. Although they have their origins centuries ago, every hermeneutical approach today fit into one or the other. They are the Alexandrian school and Antiochian school, based in catechetical institutions in these two cities. The Alexandria school emphasizes a very subjective, layered interpretation of the Word. This approach was embraced by the Church of Rome. It has become increasingly popular -- without being named -- by most non-confessional denominations in modern evangelicalism. The Antiochian school emphasizes what is known as the grammatico-historical approach. The latter was embraced by the Reformers, even making its way into principles of interpretation used in jurisprudence. The former approach has a great deal of appeal since it allows men to bolster the doctrines they choose, comfortably leaving their own wisdom unchallenged. The latter approach seeks to uncover the single intended message as originally penned by the inspired writers of Scripture, focusing on hearing the message of God, as opposed to enshrining human wisdom. In this student's humble opinion, the Antiochian school represents the only rational approach to the interpretation of any form of intelligent communication. While not denying the importance of the Holy Spirit to properly understand the truth of God, this approach is the most reasonable in the light of our doctrine of the verbal plenary inspiration of Scripture. I'm not certain that this provides the principles that you asked about. However, I attempted to provide a set of hermeneutical principles in my postings in thread #156916. To the best of my understanding, those principles -- although not exhaustive -- represent the Antiochian school of thought. In Him, Doc "What God has disclosed of Himself in Scripture does not permit us to pick and choose. On the other hand, it mandates that we interpret what He has disclosed within the constraints that He has Himself imposed -- i.e., with full recognition of the developing plot line in Scripture, and of Scriptures highly diverse literary genres. Ignoring the former is typically the liberal fallacy; ignoring the later is typically the fundamentalist fallacy." --D. A. Carson |
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2 | Biblical Interpretation Term | Heb 10:11 | Robin Hass | 170346 | ||
Thanks for your reply. Very interesting. I will study your thread #156916 when time allows. |
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