The Reflection Of The Definition Of Hermeneutics

To begin, I will answer the question of what I knew about hermeneutics prior to this class. Now I will preface this by admitting that I really did not have much knowledge as to what this subject pertains, but what little I did know I will share. For instance, I was aware that the first definition of hermeneutics is interpreting the Bible. From context of the definition and a few different things I had heard from other people, I gathered that interpreting did not necessarily mean translating it from one language to another. But after considering the second part of the definition, which is studying the Bible, I assumed that hermeneutics is more like an in depth study of the Bible. I also assumed that this would mean studying hermeneutics would …show more content…
First, I learn what all the Bible is comprised of. Even learning about the basics of how the different books of the Old Testament are broken up was somewhat new information to me. After all, though I was aware that books like Proverbs and Ecclesiastes are books of wisdom, it was fascinating to find out how the other books are broken up. This is of course not to mention how the New Testament is broken up. In general I like the idea of having a basic overview of how the Bible divides, so I will be better equipped to know where I need to begin searching if I want to study something like the history of the church. Second, I learned that about not only the need for the teaching ministry, but more specifically about the fact that God’s truth cannot be grasped without the aid of the Holy Spirit. In many ways I already knew this, but it was interesting to consider the thought that to unsaved people God’s truths and wisdom cannot be fully comprehended no matter how hard they try. This correlated with the thought that unsaved people process the world and all its glory by using the scientific method made me realize that no matter how frustrating it may be to me that these people cannot see the truth, it makes sense because how can they if they do not have the Holy Spirit guiding them (not to mention the fact that Satan is the one trying to purposefully misguide them). Thirdly, I felt after reading about how being a believer is essential to be able to grasp God’s truths all of the requirements for interpreting the Bible made perfect sense. After all, though I probably would have said that these requirements made sense before, learning about the difference the Holy Spirit truly does have helped me to see just how important these requirements are. Finally, the most important thing I learned this week is that though there are many rules for interpreting the Bible, just as the Holy Spirit is a key part, so too