Theology & Religion: Open Sources: Hermeneutics

The critical study of biblical literature: exegesis and hermeneutics

• Nature and significance

• Critical methods
  • Textual criticism
  • Philological criticism
  • Literary criticism
  • Tradition criticism
  • Form criticism
  • Other types of exegetical critical techniques

• Types of biblical hermeneutics
  • Literal interpretation
  • Moral interpretation
  • Allegorical interpretation
  • Other hermeneutical principles

• The development of biblical exegesis and hermeneutics in Judaism
  • Early stages
  • The Hellenistic period
  • The medieval period
  • The modern period

• The development of biblical exegesis and hermeneutics in Christianity
  • Early stages
  • The patristic period
  • The medieval period
  • The Reformation period
  • The modern period

• Developments since the mid-20th century