Principles of Biblical Interpretation

✍ Scribed by Louis Berkhof

• Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
• Year: 1969
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 85
• Edition: 10th
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A textbook covering the history of hermeneutical principles, the proper conception of the Bible, grammatical interpretation, and historical and theological interpretation.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface......Page 2
Contents......Page 3
Principles of Biblical Interpretation......Page 4
I. introduction......Page 5
B. Principles of Interpretation among the Jews......Page 7
A. The Patristic Period......Page 9
B. The Period of the Middle Ages......Page 11
C. The Period of the Reformation......Page 12
E. The Historico-Critical Period......Page 15
A. The Inspiration of the Bible......Page 20
B. Unity and Diversity in the Bible......Page 26
C. The Unity of the Sense of Scripture......Page 27
D. The Style of Scripture: General Characteristics......Page 29
E. The Exegetical Standpoint of the Interpreter-The Re-lation of the Interpreter to the Object of His Study......Page 31
A. Meaning of the Separate Words......Page 33
B. The Meaning of the Words in their Connection - Usus Loquendi......Page 37
C. Internal Helps for the Explanation of Words......Page 39
D. The Figurative Use of Words......Page 41
E. The Interpretation of the Thought......Page 43
F. Internal Helps for the Interpretation of the Thought......Page 51
G. External Helps for the Grammatical Interpretation......Page 54
A. Definition and Explanation......Page 56
B. Personal Characteristics of the Author or Speaker......Page 57
C. Social Circumstances of the Author......Page 59
D. Circumstances Peculiar to the Writings......Page 62
E. Helps for the Historical Interpretation......Page 64
A. Name......Page 66
B. The Bible as a Unity......Page 67
C. The Mystical Sense of Scripture......Page 70
D. The Symbolical and Typical Interpretation of Scripture......Page 71
E. The Interpretation of Prophecy......Page 73
F. The Interpretation of the Psalms......Page 77
G. The Implied Sense of Scripture......Page 78
H. Helps for the Theological Interpretation......Page 80
GENERAL INDEX......Page 83