“Pastors and Bible teachers go about their work in communal settings, where they listen to as well as deliver sermons, hear as… — Peter J. Leithart Copy Share Image
“In my view, the gospels are true, not historically, but theologically, or, as I would argue, prophetically! What we have is, the… — Eli Of Kittim Copy Share Image
Although there has always been a hermeneutic problem in Christianity, the hermeneutic question today seems to us a new one. — Paul Ricoeur Copy Share Image
By now they had mastered my own language, but they still made simple mistakes, like using 'hermeneutics,' when they meant 'heuristic'. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
“One could say that my view legitimately fuses the end-time messianic expectations of all three Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Islam, and Christianity!” — Eli Of Kittim Copy Share Image
“If we fail to understand the biblical story of Jesus, we will compromise our prophetic interpretations of the end-times. And that's exactly… — Eli Of Kittim Copy Share Image
To a degree which is difficult to determine, the esoteric impulse in twentieth-century music, literature and the arts reflects calculation. It looks… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
Talk can neither be verified nor falsified in any rigorous sense. This is an open secret which hermeneutics and aesthetics, from Aristotle… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
“Historical exegesis is only the preliminary part of interpretation; application is its essence. Exegesis without application should not be called interpretation at… — J.I. Packer Copy Share Image
“There is a moment in the tractate Menahot when the Rabbis imagine what takes place when Moses ascends Mount Sinai to receive… — Jonathan Rosen Copy Share Image
A physicist friend of mine once said that in facing death, he drew some consolation from the reflection that he would never… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
“Too often scholars have thought and even suggested that what happened during and after Constantine was that the church sought to replace… — Ben Witherington III Copy Share Image
The hermeneutic consciousness, which must be awakened and kept awake, recognized that in the age of science philosophy's claim of superiority has… — Hans-Georg Gadamer Copy Share Image
I am firmly of the opinion that the Macintosh is Catholic and that DOS is Protestant. Indeed, the Macintosh is counterreformist and… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“What is the difference between my view and the classical Christian perspective? I am convinced that there are not multiple comings and… — Eli Of Kittim Copy Share Image
“The Gospel presents us with the righteousness of Jesus Christ, who, in his earthly life, perfectly interpreted the word of his Father.… — Graeme Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
From Rome, now the nuncio is on the border where [Ukrainians] are fighting, helping soldiers and the wounded. The Church of Rome… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
How can this strange story of God made flesh, of a crucified Savior, of resurrection and new creation become credible for those… — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
“Someday when we get around to writing a genealogy of our failures, inadequacies, and disappointments, an important place in such a study… — Boris Gunjević Copy Share Image
My hermeneutics is when I see verses in Scripture that are "apparent" contradictions - I don't believe they are contradictions - I… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
“The question concerning Jesus: do you want to know the real story, or just the allegory?” — Eli Of Kittim Copy Share Image
“Proponents of canonical hermeneutics are either unintentionally or willfully naive here-in most cases the naivete is willful. Canonical readings simply act as… — Thom Stark Copy Share Image
“In fact, certainty exists in very different modes. The kind of certainty afforded by a verification that has passed through doubt is… — Hans-Georg Gadamer Copy Share Image
When it happeneth that a man signifieth unto us two contradictory opinions whereof the one is clearly and directly signified, andthe other… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
“Those who devote themselves to the study of Sacred Scripture should always remember that the various hermeneutical approaches have their own philosophical… — John Paul II Copy Share Image
