Hermenutics

Rewind: Rules for Interpreting Historical Narratives, Part 1

Rapp Report Daily episode 57 Historical narratives are one of the most abused types of literature in Scripture to be interpreted.  It is essential to understand the proper rules for interpreting historical narratives.

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Rewind: Rules to interpret Scripture

Rapp Report Daily episode 56 The first rule of Bible interpretation is identifying the type of literature of the text.  Different types of Biblical literature have different rules of interpretation.  It is essential to understand the rules before attempting to interpret the Scripture.

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Rewind: Interpret the difficult by the clear

Rapp Report Daily episode 15 A very important principle when it comes to interpreting Scripture is to always emphasize the clear passages of Scripture over the more difficult to understand passages. There are times when passages seem to contradict each other, however, if you start with those passages that are consistent through Scripture and clear…

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Rewind: Emphasis of the New Testament over the Old Testament

Rapp Report Daily episode 14 One thing that you can see consistent with every cult, is an overemphasis of the Old Testament over the New Testament.  we always must remember that the New Testament takes precedence over the Old Testament. This is an important principle in interpreting Scripture. Remember that Scripture was progressively given over…

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Rewind: Context is king

Rapp Report Daily episode 13 One of the most important lessons you can ever learn to interpret the Bible is the importance of context. Context provides the framework for interpretation. There are many different views of context that come into play with interpreting Scripture. We not only have the immediate context of the literary work…

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