Hermeneutics References and Tools Bible Christianity

Hermeneutics is the science and methodology of interpreting the Bible. It is a word used by clergy and serious Bible students. It will not contain sites for children or the general public.

• - "...the Eight Rules of Interpretation used by legal experts for more than 2500 years."
  
• - Scripture, Sacrament, and the Jewish Body of Christ. Discusses at length the difficulties that some people have with the pseudo-semitic references in the Bible
  
• - The Purpose of a Word Study in Scriptural Interpretation.
  
• - Basic introduction to Hermeneutics.
  
• - Class syllabus by Richard Ascough, Queen's Theological College.
  
• - In order by size and thoroughness: from the shorter and simpler to the larger and more complex.
  
• - An article from the Catholic Encyclopedia
  
• - Definitions of most of the major terms and concepts used by Socio-Rhetorical Criticism (and related fields) as well as short descriptions of the "textures" that make up a religious text.
  
• - An annotated gateway to useful resource pages on religion, theology and the Bible on the internet, a section in the New Testament Gateway by Dr Mark Goodacre, Department of Theology, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
  
• - Rhetorical figures that come with examples. From the Classics Department at the University of Kentucky.
  
• - Excellent commentary on The Chicago Statement on Biblical Hermeneutics Articles of Affirmation and Denial. (Dr. Norman L. Geisler)
  
• - Basic rules for biblical interpretation are offered from a conservative evangelical perspective.
  
• - Interpreting the Bible according to the grammatical-historical method. Created and maintained by Andrew S. Kulikovsky from Adelaide, South Australia.
  
• - The science of interpretation is generally known as hermeneutics, while the practical application of the principles of this science is exegesis. (Studylight.org)
  
• - Articles from the Protestant Reformed Theological Journal by Herman C. Hanko.
  
• - Guidelines for sound biblical interpretation.
  
• - A preliminary attempt at articulating the role of the Holy Spirit in relation to the interpretation of Scripture. By Daniel B. Wallace, Ph.D.
  
• - Book by Bob Smith (HTML, PDF) covering interpretive principles and processes, figurative language, Biblical languages, and structural analysis.
  
• - In the book "Scripture Twisting," James Sire has a chapter devoted to each of the methods. Here is a summary.
  
• - This site is dedicated to teaching methods of Bible study. This is investigative scrutiny into what God has spoken. Apologetics, hermeneutics, and research resources, also includes a Christian chat room.
  
• - Draws from public domain sources for both its classic philosophical e-texts collection and for portions of some articles. James Fieser, Ph.D., general editor.
  
• - Illegitimate hermeneutics improperly limits a Bible text to a single meaning consistent with the human author's prior knowledge. This is the first in a series of studies.
  
  

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