Bible Study: 3 Books to help you develop your skill interpreting scripture (biblical hermeneutics) 

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Thanks! These are two newer books that I haven’t yet had time to read. I’ll do so though!

Hi, I have three questions: 1. Which pronunciation do you use for koine greek? 2. When should there be breathing marks? I have looked for an answer to this question but I haven't found an answer yet. And what decided if it should be a smooth or rough breathing mark? 3. What should i learn after the alphabet, vowels, dophtongs, accents and breath marks? Am i ready to start learning words after learning that or is there anything more that i have to learn first?

Thanks Dr. Lamerson! I always appreciate your support and comments!

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Hi, I have three questions: 1. Which pronunciation do you use for koine greek? 2. When should there be breathing marks? I have looked for an answer to this question but I haven't found an answer yet. And what decided if it should be a smooth or rough breathing mark? 3. What should i learn after the alphabet, vowels, dophtongs, accents and breath marks? Am i ready to start learning words after learning that or is there anything more that i have to learn first?

I do think Fee and Stuart are a little too quick and confident with their assertions of certain passages being future regarding eschatology. I thought at the time, but it's been a while since I read it and I have a terrible memory, that their deductions seemed philosophically dubious. Granted, I'm overly sensitive to philosophical problems because philosophy is one of my areas of greatest interest as a layman.

What you have done pal is wasted your life which is a sin the only real sin your capable of. God is nonsense when you realise that you will truly be free and you can start to live a good and honest life.

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Hi, I have three questions: 1. Which pronunciation do you use for koine greek? 2. When should there be breathing marks? I have looked for an answer to this question but I haven't found an answer yet. And what decided if it should be a smooth or rough breathing mark? 3. What should i learn after the alphabet, vowels, dophtongs, accents and breath marks? Am i ready to start learning words after learning that or is there anything more that i have to learn first?

Thanks for your feedback. I actually didn’t like Osborne’s work as much as these other ones which is why I didn’t include it. I really liked the introduction to it, but thought these other works were better. Exegetical Fallacies is very helpful.

Hi, I have three questions: 1. Which pronunciation do you use for koine greek? 2. When should there be breathing marks? I have looked for an answer to this question but I haven't found an answer yet. And what decided if it should be a smooth or rough breathing mark? 3. What should i learn after the alphabet, vowels, dophtongs, accents and breath marks? Am i ready to start learning words after learning that or is there anything more that i have to learn first?

Hey Larry! Thanks for the suggestion. I'm not a huge fan of interlinears generally. I did a video explaining why here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-i04fFXUI4TA.html - If you think there is something more I can add though, please let me know!

@@bma Hi Darryl - thanks for the reply. I did view the video and found it helpful - thanks. I guess I was thinking that Reverse Interlinears are different in that they follow the Greek word order (as you know) - and as a beginner I found it helpful to read the Greek (the tactile version 😃) and fill in the gaps by referencing the line above (and initially checking pronunciation by referencing the line below)...I use the ESV RI: I'm only using it intermittently and hope to use it less and less as my vocabulary and grammar mastery matures.

Hi, I have three questions: 1. Which pronunciation do you use for koine greek? 2. When should there be breathing marks? I have looked for an answer to this question but I haven't found an answer yet. And what decided if it should be a smooth or rough breathing mark? 3. What should i learn after the alphabet, vowels, dophtongs, accents and breath marks? Am i ready to start learning words after learning that or is there anything more that i have to learn first?

Virkler is also very good. Interesting that you found Ramm dull. To be fair none of these books are like reading a novel, but I found Ramm clear and reasonably concise.

Best interpretation book for intro hermeneutics ever.

I have it, and have read good things about it, but haven’t yet been through it myself. Thanks for the recommendation!

Yep!

It sounds good, but I haven't unfortunately read it yet! I've got it on my list though. Thanks for watching!

Best book on the subject. Walter Kasier has good stuff.

Someone else mentioned it. I haven’t read it, but I have it and will take a look. Thanks for the suggestion!

Thanks. All the names, titles and links are in the description 😀

Most (good) books talk about hermeneutics as the method and interpretation as the overarching discipline which also incorporates exegesis and application. Some books do confuse these a little though.

It’s in the description. :)

@@bma then they must have changed the price. It's about 30 Dollars

@@henbra7930 Yep, Darryl said that and I immediately jumped on Kindle only to see what you found… Oh well…

Primarily because there are faster and more flexible alternatives which render them somewhat obsolete.

There is no such thing as the letter 'H' in Greek; its presence is only indicated by the breathing mark above the vowel following it. But because the original texts don't have breathing marks, nowhere do they attest to the presence/absence of 'H' anywhere, and it can only be inferred from the context.

@@TernaryM01 Thanks for the answer. I noticed exactly the same thing in "Ellás" which is said in Hellas. However, as in Hebrew, Greek also has the consonant "kh" which is also in Russian and is written "x". Why didn't it fit the consonant "h" instead? In Russia, the absence of a pure consonant "h" at the beginning of a word has often been resolved, often using the consonant "g" as, for example, Hamburg is written in Russian as "Gamburg". On the other hand, the Russians call the hamster хомяк "homjak" so that the first consonant "k" disappears almost completely. The following 2 questions remain for someone to solve: - Why does the Greek text use a single letter "d" in this place name, even though many translations (KJV, YL, IS and GL) write "dd" and the same goes for the place name in Hebrew? - Why is the letter "n" added to the end of a Greek word even though the map in your example shows the place name Megiddo?

1) "Why didn't it fit the consonant 'h' instead?" Because it doesn't, and I have no idea what your point is. The Greek chi is different than the Hebrew khet. They sound different. There is no Hebrew equivalent for the Greek chi and there is no Greek equivalent for the Hebrew khet and that's just the way it is, just like the fact that both languages don't have 'c' nor 'j'. The Greeks do recognize the 'h' sound; it's just that they don't indicate it in writing, except later on when breathing marks are used. 2) It's the problem with English translations, not the Hebrew. The Hebrew itself has only 1 'd', and that's what the Greek transliterates. I have no idea why English likes to use doubled consonants; I'm not a native English speaker. The translation of "Megido" to my language, Indonesian, is exactly that, without a doubled 'd'. 3) Greek grammar requires that names be slightly altered. That's because suffixes indicate their place in the grammatical structure of the sentence. Place names have the neuter gender in Greek, and Har-Megido appears as the direct object in Revelation 16:16, which means that it should be in the accusative form. Neuter accusatives should be indicated in Greek by the -on suffix; ergo the grammatically mandated added 'n' in the transliteration of "Har-Megido".

CLARIFICATION: I thought above that you were referring to the Hebrew 'khet'. I just realized that you were simply talking about 'he', which is the first letter in "Har-Megido". As I have stated, the 'h' sound is recognized and pronounced by the Greeks, but not indicated in writing unless they use breathing marks. Yes, sometimes some information is lost when you put speech into writing, which in the case of Greek is nothing compared to Hebrew where no vowels were indicated in writing before the development of the Tiberian pointing system.

@@TernaryM01 Thanks for your answers and clarification. While I am waiting for answers by Darryl (Channel Host), I am still very interested in your expertise. How much have you worked with Hebrew and Greek? What is your main fuel for this?

My concern is minor in a way. I don't accept that there is a significant difference between apocalyptic literature and prophesy. Therefore I don't agree that we should interpret books like Revelation, Zechariah, etc any differently to other prophecy.

I'm not familiar with the book you're referring to. Can you drop a link?

I’ve heard some say that that comes from many many years devoted to a particular language dead language, and even then it’s rare to develop a mindset or think as a Greek for instance, but on the other hand there are tools in to help us with that.

@@zombillyboogie9370 not what I'm talking about. the Hebraic mindset transforms your mind into that of a hebrew so you understand the cultural and historical context of the bible. just pray for it a few times and you'll understand what I mean.

Bro, what book is "Biblical Interpretation 2nd edition"? Can you post a link to it on Amazon or at least give us author names, because I can't find a book by that name on Google?

@@zotax6948 You read any of these? 1•Introduction to biblical interpretation - Klein etc. 2•Biblical hermeneutics - Milton Terry 3•How to read the Bible like a seminary professor - Yarbrough 4•The hermeneutics of the biblical writers - Chou 5•Exegetical fallacies - Carson 6•Gospel centered hermeneutics - Goldsworthy