Chapter XIX: Part IV

A DISCUSSION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION.

CHAPTER XXXIII.

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS--1. Definition of Certain Terms--Hermeneutics, Exegesis, Epexegesis--2. The Expositor's Office--Parallel between his Work and that of the Textual Critic--3. Qualifications of the Biblical Interpreter--A Supreme Regard for Truth--4. A Sound Judgment with the Power of Vivid Conception--Office of Each of these Qualities and their Relation to Each Other--5. Sympathy with Divine Truth--6. Extensive and Varied Acquirements--The Original Languages of the Bible; Sacred Geography and Natural History; Biblical Antiquities; Ancient History and Chronology--7. General Remarks on the above Qualifications--8. The Human and Divine Side to Biblical Interpretation--The Importance of observing Both

FIRST DIVISION--INTERPRETATION VIEWED ON THE HUMAN SIDE.