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Hermeneutics I: Principles for Interpreting Scripture

Learn the foundational principles and methods for interpreting the Bible accurately and faithfully. This course equips you with the tools to understand Scripture in its historical, literary, and theological contexts.

4 credits16 weeks
ScriptureFoundationMethodology
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What you'll learn

  • Identify and apply key hermeneutical principles
  • Analyze biblical genres and their interpretive implications
  • Practice responsible exegesis of Old and New Testament passages
  • Recognize and avoid common interpretive errors

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Course outline

  1. 1

    What Is Hermeneutics

  2. 2

    Genesis 1-3

  3. 3

    Genesis 4-11

  4. 4

    Abraham and The Bible

  5. 5

    The Old Testament

  6. 6

    The New Testament

  7. 7

    Biblical Authority

  8. 8

    The Biblical Canon

9

Biblical Translations

  • 10

    Principles I: The Reader

  • 11

    Principles II: The Author and Meaning

  • 12

    Principles III: Communicating Meaning

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