Lesson 6 – Introduction To Hermeneutics – Book Review

Question 1

1. The word “hermeneutics” itself can refer to any kind of _________________; it has no specific theological _______________.

Answer 1

interpretation

reference

Question 2

2. ____________ hermeneutics is the science of interpreting the____________.

Answer 2

Biblical

Scriptures

Question 3

3. Since the words of the Bible are not ____________ words, but the very words of _______, they should be read carefully, _______________, and distinctly.

Answer 3

ordinary
God
thoughtfully

Question 4

4. To receive God’s ____________ will require ____________ ________(study). To handle the Scriptures is to be a “___________,” that is, it involves _______.

Answer 4

approval
diligent effort
workman
skill

Question 5

5. __________________ is the process of rendering a word from one language to another by using _________ which represent equivalent _________.

Answer 5

Transliteration
letters
sounds

Question 6

6. One must be careful and diligent in this study, for many times in scripture the same ___________ word is used to ______________ various Hebrew or Greek words, and many __________ or Greek words may each be translated by a ___________ of English words.

Answer 6

English
translate
Hebrew
variety

Question 7

7. Many passages of Scripture cannot be clearly understood without an _______________ for the ___________ and __________ of the people of the day.

Answer 7

appreciation
manners
customs

Question 8

8. The science of biblical canonology concerns itself with the question of which books are __________ of God and to be ___________ in the canon of Scripture.

Answer 8

inspired

included

Question 9

9. This science concerns itself with establishing the ___________ ___________of the text of Scripture. This is done by _____________ ancient manuscripts and ______________ other indicators of the original text, like the early translations, _____________ from or allusions to Scripture by the ________ _________ fathers, and the readings in the lectionaries.

Answer 9

original wording 
comparing 
consulting 
quotations 
early church