THE CAPRANICA

Excellent review of the basics of hermeneutics.

Between Two Worlds: Grudem’s Advice on Interpreting the Word

Earlier this year I finished a very good and helpful text on the subject of New Testament exegesis (I mentioned it on this blog late last year): Interpreting the New Testament Text, edited by Darrell L. Bock and Buist M. Fanning. In this post I want to provide a brief review of the [...]

Andreas Kostenberger reviews a recent lecture on “Non-canonical Early Christian Writings.” The lecture points out a number of interesting apocryphal connections to Roman Catholic theology and Kostenberger has a good summary of how we should view and use apocryphal literature.

Biblical Foundations » The Apocryphal New Testament

The following articles written over at Expository Thoughts (as well as the comment threads) are excellent posts (and responses) dealing with the difficulties that inevitably arise when studying the Bible. I commend them to your careful reading.
An Introduction
Christological Hermeneutic
Apostolic Hermeneutic
The NT View of the OT
The Priority of the Old Testament
Common Mistakes in Preaching
Walt Kaiser [...]

A blog dedicated to helping those who know NT Greek, delve into it more.

Hellenisti ginoskeis: do you know Greek?

HT:  Justin Taylor

Biblical Foundations » Authorial Intent vs. Reader-Response
Andreas Kostenberger just caused me to add his commentary on the Gospel of John to my CapCravings.
I don’t know about all of his hermeneutical positions, but I enjoyed his thoughts regarding the need to stay within the author’s intention when interpreting Scripture. I will be looking forward to [...]

Check out this compilation of resources for NT exegesis.

Resources for New Testament Exegesis

HT:  Justin Taylor

Andreas Kostengerger has some apt thoughts and comments on making sure the applications we come up with after our diligent observations and interpretations of biblical texts are faithful to the intended meaning.

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