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PRINCIPLES OF BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION: Sacred Hermeneutics
LOUIS BERKHOF (1873-1957)
This textbook covers the history of hermeneutical principles, the proper conception of the Bible, grammatical interpretation, and historical and theological interpretation.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
I. INTRODUCTION
II. HISTORY OF HERMENEUTICAL PRINCIPLES AMONG THE JEWS
A. Definition of the History of Hermeneutics
B. Principles of Interpretations among the Jews
III. HISTORY OF HERMENEUTICAL PRINCIPLES IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
A. The Patristic Period
B. The Period of the Middle Ages
C. The Period of the Reformation
D. The Period of Confessionalism
E. The Historico-Critical Period
IV. THE PROPER CONCEPTION OF THE BIBLE, THE OBJECT OF HERMENEUTICA SACRA
A. The Inspiration of the Bible
B. Unity and Diversity in the Bible
C. The Unity of the Sense of Scripture
D. The Style of Scripture: General Characteristics
E. The Exegetical Standpoint of the Interpreter
V. GRAMMATICAL INTERPRETATION
A. Meaning of Separate Words
B. The Meaning of the Words in their Connection
C. Internal Helps for the Explanation of Words
D. The Figurative Use of Words
E. Interpretation of the Thought
F. Internal Helps for the Interpretation of the Thought
G. External Helps for the Grammatical Interpretation
VI. HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION
A. Definition and Explanation
B. Personal Characteristics of the Author or Speaker
C. Social Circumstances of the Author
D. Circumstances Peculiar to the Writings
E. Helps for the Historical Interpretation
VII. THEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION
A. Name: Why is Theological Interpretation the best title to use for this discipline?
B. The Bible as a Unity
C. The Mystical Sense of Scripture
D. The Symbolical and Typical Interpretation of Scripture
E. The Interpretation of Prophecy
F. The Interpretation of the Psalms
G. The Implied Sense of Scripture
H. Helps for the Theological Interpretation of Scripture
GENERAL INDEX
SCRIPTURE INDEX
Louis Berkhof (1873-1957) was an American-Dutch Reformed theologian who served as a pastor in Michigan and taught at Calvin Theological Seminary for almost four decades. He served as president of the seminary from 1931-1944. Berkhof wrote twenty-two books during his career, including Systematic Theology and History of Christian Doctrines. He also delivered Princeton Theological Seminary's Stone Lectures in 1951, published as The Kingdom of God.
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