Review article

Understanding Biblical Words, Sentences, and Contests

Gerhard F. Hasel ; Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA

Abstract

Words and sentences of the Bible must be understood within their
particular contexts in time and space. The author explains how the
grammatical structure and syntactical relationship determine the
context of words to each other in a sentence; elaborates on the hermeneutical circle in which the single part contributes to the whole,
and vice versa; and raises the issue of the extra-biblical context -
how the Bible was affected by the ancient Near Eastern background
or environment. At the end he concludes that Biblical revelation
provides its own context and content within the context of larger
world of the inspired writers.

Keywords

Bible; words; syntax; context; hermeneutics

Hrčak ID:

89838

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/89838

Publication date:

15.12.1993.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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