Hermeneutics: Reformed Principles of Interpretation
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How to interpret Scripture within the analogy of faith: the single sense, the grammatical-historical method, the unity of Scripture, the redemptive-historical line and the use of the Old Testament in the New. WCF 1.9 is the rule throughout.
These lists, taken from the school's verified research, are studied on your own at your own pace. The school's own classes, written as full teaching, open one at a time.
How to begin
- Enroll with a free account so the school keeps your place.
- Open the first class, lecture or reading and follow the order of the syllabus.
- Mark each lecture, reading and assignment complete when you finish it.
- Choose a weekly study goal to see when you will finish.
Syllabus
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Lectures Listen to the lectures in order. Those marked supplementary are optional.
- Hermeneutics 1-49 Vern S. Poythress 49 lectures, about 44.6 h Open source Doctrinal Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia), OPC minister; Westminster Media
- The Presence of God Qualifying Our Notions of Grammatical-Historical Interpretation (ETS paper, audio) Vern S. Poythress (Westminster Theological Seminary; Presbyterian, Westminster Standards) Open source Doctrinal frame-poythress.org
- Hermeneutics in Light of the Divine Author of Scripture (Christ the Center episode 356) Vern S. Poythress with the Reformed Forum panel Open source Doctrinal Reformed Forum
- He Gave Us Scripture: Foundations of Interpretation (video course) Third Millennium Ministries (Richard L. Pratt Jr., PCA, host; forum segments by multiple contributors) 11 lessons Open source Supplementary Third Millennium Ministries Host Richard Pratt is PCA and the lesson scripts are Reformed, but the inserted 'forum' interview clips include non-confessional evangelicals (e.g. Craig Keener, continuationist; John Oswalt, Wesleyan; Darrell Bock, dispensational). Thirdmill also lets lessons be used across traditions, so canon and inspiration are...