Exegesis from the Original Texts: Method and the Reformed Exegetical Tradition

1. Lectures Listen to the lectures in order. Those marked supplementary are optional.

   • Hermeneutics (16 lectures) Vern Poythress (Westminster Theological Seminary) 16 lectures (foundations, Christ in the Psalms, redemptive history, meaning and language, divine meaning, typology) Open source Doctrinal Westminster Theological Seminary Their doctrinal role rests on their seminaries' faculty subscription requirements (RTS, WTS, GPTS). The RTS and GPTS pages loaded this session give titles and books but not the teacher's denomination; the WTS faculty page did not render for the fetcher. Clowney, Gaffin and Young are historic OPC ministers;...
   • Hermeneutics in Light of the Divine Author of Scripture (Christ the Center) Vern Poythress Open source Doctrinal Reformed Forum Their doctrinal role rests on their seminaries' faculty subscription requirements (RTS, WTS, GPTS). The RTS and GPTS pages loaded this session give titles and books but not the teacher's denomination; the WTS faculty page did not render for the fetcher. Clowney, Gaffin and Young are historic OPC ministers;...
   • Hermeneutics in Light of Christ's Relationship to His Body (Christ the Center) Matthew Patton (pastor, Covenant Presbyterian Church, OPC) Open source Doctrinal Reformed Forum
   • Hermeneutics and Homiletics (Christ the Center) Mark Winder, Jim Cassidy and Camden Bucey (Reformed Forum) Open source Doctrinal Reformed Forum The episode pages name the participants but do not print their churches. Reformed Forum's About page requires its board members to belong to NAPARC or ICRC churches subscribing to the Three Forms or the Westminster Standards, and its board page lists Cassidy (president), Arendale (vice president) and Clawson, so...

2. Reading Read in the order given. Public-domain and free texts are linked; purchases are optional and never required.

   • The Dutch Annotations upon the Whole Bible (Statenvertaling annotations, English 1657) Theodore Haak (translator and editor); annotations commissioned by the Synod of Dort (1618) Open source Primary text 1657. Public domain
   • Annotations upon the Holy Bible (1688), vol. 1 Matthew Poole Broken link Primary text 1688. Public domain English Presbyterian nonconformists outside the Scottish and Dutch lines, though Westminster-confessing; Henry is broadly used across traditions. Poole kept as primary-text (cross-tradition, read beside Calvin and the Dutch Annotations); Henry kept as supplementary, as in the raw file.
   • The Typology of Scripture, viewed in connection with the whole series of the divine dispensations Patrick Fairbairn (Free Church of Scotland) Open source Primary text 1859. Public domain
   • Commentary on Romans (sample passage for comparison) John Calvin Open source Primary text Public domain

3. Assignment Write a research paper of 30 pages on a topic drawn from the lectures and readings of this course. Argue from Scripture, the Westminster Standards (1647 text) and the Three Forms of Unity, cite the primary sources you read, and state the points on which the sources differ.

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Every lecture and reading carries its role. "Under review" means the teacher's subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms of Unity is not yet established; "Read as comparison" means the material teaches the 1788 American text of WCF 20.4, 23 or 31 or of Larger Catechism Q.109, which the school reads beside the 1647 text. Nothing has been removed.