Hermeneutics Good introduction to Bible interpretation for the Average Joe.
Hermeneutics We interpret everyday == Email, IM, Text Msg, Phone, Lecture, mannerisms Meaning – the meaning of a text is that pattern of meaning the author willed to convey by the words (sharable symbols) he used ➔ Authorial Intent !!
Finding the Big Idea (Haddon Robinson Biblical Preaching) Two foundational pieces of an idea: subject and complement(s) Subject – What am I talking about? Compliment – What am I saying about what I am talking about?
Example 0.1.1 Email Hey Landon, I hope all is well with you. I wanted to update you on our spring break trip to New Orleans. We are coming down on March 23 and leaving on the 28th. Though we are working in New Orleans we are actually flying into Baton Rogue (airline prices). We are getting in at 12:30 on the 23 and I am wondering if you would be able to join our team of students for lunch in Baton Rogue. We will have 19 of them with us, most of which were at the fall retreat. It would be great to see you again.
Example 0.1.1 Email Hey Landon, I hope all is well with you. I wanted to update you on our spring break trip to New Orleans. We are coming down on March 23 and leaving on the 28th. Though we are working in New Orleans we are actually flying into Baton Rogue (airline prices). We are getting in at 12:30 on the 23 and I am wondering if you would be able to join our team of students for lunch in Baton Rogue. We will have 19 of them with us, most of which were at the fall retreat. It would be great to see you again. S: We will be in LA over spring break C: Baton Rogue, Lunch, 19 people, fall retreat, lets get together
Example #2 (Haddon Robinson Biblical Preaching) The reason you can’t teach an old dog new tricks is not that he is incapable of learning them. It is that he is quite content with his mastery of the old tricks, and thinks that learning new tricks is strictly for puppies. Besides, he is busy paying off the mortgage on the dog house. – John W. Gardner S: C:
Example #2 (Haddon Robinson Biblical Preaching) The reason you can’t teach an old dog new tricks is not that he is incapable of learning them. It is that he is quite content with his mastery of the old tricks, and thinks that learning new tricks is strictly for puppies. Besides, he is busy paying off the mortgage on the dog house. – John W. Gardner S: Why older people don’t learn C: They feel they already know and are too concerned about other matters
Mark 2:13-17 2:13 Jesus went out again by the sea. The whole crowd came to him, and he taught them. 2:14 As he was going along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” He got up and followed him. 2:15 As he dined in Levi’s home, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. 2:16 When the experts in the law and the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, “Why is he eating with tax collectors and sinners?” 2:17 When Jesus heard this he said to them, “It is not the strong who need a physician, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners.” Subject: Complement:
Mark 2:13-17 2:13 Jesus went out again by the sea. The whole crowd came to him, and he taught them. 2:14 As he was going along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” He got up and followed him. 2:15 As he dined in Levi’s home, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. 2:16 When the experts in the law and the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, “Why is he eating with tax collectors and sinners?” 2:17 When Jesus heard this he said to them, “It is not the strong who need a physician, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners.” Subject: The kind of people Jesus came to save Complement: includes tax-collectors and sinners
Hermeneutics Implications – are those meanings in a text of which the author was unaware but nevertheless legitimately fall within the pattern on meaning willed ➔ Fit the willed pattern of meaning Ephesians 5:18: “ And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit
Hermeneutics Significance – refers to how a reader responds to the meaning of a text 1 Cor 2: 14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,” ➔ Who can do this?– foolishness (Application is Implication + Significance)
Hermeneutics Meaning – the meaning of a text is that pattern of meaning the author willed to convey by the words (sharable symbols) he used Significance – refers to how a reader responds to the meaning of a text “Buy New Shoes” Ex 28:3 Instruct all the skilled craftsmen whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom. Have them make garments for Aaron that will distinguish him as a priest set apart for my service. (Application is Implication + Significance)
Hermeneutics Subject Matter – refers to the content or “stuff” talked about in a text Understanding – refers to the correct mental grasp of the author’s meaning– refers to how a reader responds to the meaning of a text
Hermeneutics Interpretation – refers to the verbal or written expression of a reader’s understanding of the author’s meaning Norms of Language – are the range of meanings allowed by the words (verbal symbols) of a text Norms of Utterance – is the specific meaning that the author has given to a word, phrase, sentence and the like in a text
Hermeneutics Context – refers to the willed meaning that the author gives to the literary materials surrounding his text Literary Genre – refers to the literary form being used by the author and the rules governing that form
Hermeneutics - Literary Genre Play by the Rules Soccer, football Basketball (hold ball, kick ball, throw ball from out of bounds)
Literary Genre - Wisdom Literature Proverbs Short, pithy saying that expresses wise, general truth concerning life -Biblical proverb sexpresses that truth from a divine perspective [Not promises!!] 22:6 Train up a Child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it. >Some “discipled” kids do not follow Christ
Literary Genre - Wisdom Literature Proverbs 1:33 But whoever listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of disaster >Some believers experience suffering because of faithfulness 10:3-4 The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry but be thwarts the craving of the wicked. A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the dilligent makes rich >Is all poverty due to laziness?
Literary Genre - Wisdom Literature Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. >sometimes gentle words increase anger Matthew 26:52 Then Jesus saids to him, “Put your Sword back into its place. For all who take the sward will perish but the sword.” >Some mercenaries do quite well present day proverbs that we accept though they have exceptions?
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