Comments on: The Hermeneutics Quiz http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/2008/04/04/the-hermeneutics-quiz/ My musings on Biblical Studies, Biblical Hebrew, Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint, Popular Culture, Religion, Software, and pretty much anything else that interests me! Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:50:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Fr. Deacon Gregory http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/2008/04/04/the-hermeneutics-quiz/comment-page-1/#comment-265736 Fr. Deacon Gregory Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:14:59 +0000 http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/wp/2008/04/04/the-hermeneutics-quiz/#comment-265736 I scored a 71. I don’recognize myself in the description of me. Perhaps because the questions asked and answers offered seemed to be given from a different perspective than my own. For one thing, I don’t necessarily see Scripture as having one possible meaning but am an adherent of he “fourfold sense of Scripture” so to speak. I also don’t see Scripture as an end in itself, but as the means to an end – I mean Jesus Christ is interpreted by means of Scripture so that the subject of our exegesis is first and foremost Jesus Christ not Scripture in and of itself. I suppose there are various ways of reading Scripture but this one (and I owe this pov to Fr. John Behr) seems to be the one practiced by Christians even from NT times onwards.

Dn. Gregory

]]> By: Ken http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/2008/04/04/the-hermeneutics-quiz/comment-page-1/#comment-260453 Ken Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:56:10 +0000 http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/wp/2008/04/04/the-hermeneutics-quiz/#comment-260453 In several cases, I didn’t like the possible options available as I felt none really applied. That being said, I scored a moderate hermeneutic, which I suppose accurately describes my tendencies.

]]> By: mayfly » Blog Archive » Is there a grade curve? http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/2008/04/04/the-hermeneutics-quiz/comment-page-1/#comment-259459 mayfly » Blog Archive » Is there a grade curve? Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:27:09 +0000 http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/wp/2008/04/04/the-hermeneutics-quiz/#comment-259459 [...] I took the Hermeneutics Quiz found in the online  Leadership Journal (after being pointed there by Tyler Williams).  Leadership Journal is part of the Christianity Today family of publications. My score is 80.  [...]

]]> By: Henry Kirsch http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/2008/04/04/the-hermeneutics-quiz/comment-page-1/#comment-259308 Henry Kirsch Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:09:39 +0000 http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/wp/2008/04/04/the-hermeneutics-quiz/#comment-259308 Hi Tyler.
I scored in the range of a “Moderate Hermeneutic.” I thought the assessment was quite accurate in describing my perspective, being open-minded and reasonable. I agree that I am progressive on some issues and conservative on others, but wonder if that is due to my post-modern bent. I gravitate toward discussion rather than the boundaries of dogma. Perhaps this is also because I like struggling theologically. This struggle makes my convictions more satisfying.

Henry

]]> By: Scot McKnight http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/2008/04/04/the-hermeneutics-quiz/comment-page-1/#comment-258957 Scot McKnight Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:20:21 +0000 http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/wp/2008/04/04/the-hermeneutics-quiz/#comment-258957 Tyler,

I had four people in mind as I wrote these questions … you can guess the names if you’d like but I won’t say who they were … and I tried to answer each question as I thought they would. There are still plenty of folks who believe in the “plain” meaning of the text. Don’t you think?

]]> By: Interpretting Hermeneutics « Ketuvim: the Writings of James R. Getz Jr. http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/2008/04/04/the-hermeneutics-quiz/comment-page-1/#comment-258782 Interpretting Hermeneutics « Ketuvim: the Writings of James R. Getz Jr. Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:08:53 +0000 http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/wp/2008/04/04/the-hermeneutics-quiz/#comment-258782 [...] (HT: Tyler Williams) [...]

]]> By: Think Wink. » My Hermeneutical Score http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/2008/04/04/the-hermeneutics-quiz/comment-page-1/#comment-258769 Think Wink. » My Hermeneutical Score Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:32:20 +0000 http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/wp/2008/04/04/the-hermeneutics-quiz/#comment-258769 [...] Tyler F. Williams Related posts:My Millennial Views Pt. 2: Reading the Bible.“This [...]

]]> By: Tyler F. Williams http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/2008/04/04/the-hermeneutics-quiz/comment-page-1/#comment-258764 Tyler F. Williams Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:59:50 +0000 http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/wp/2008/04/04/the-hermeneutics-quiz/#comment-258764 I guess I would see myself as progressive, since my hermeneutics have been shaped by the likes of Gadamer. I think that McKnight’s description of progressives is a bit old-fashioned (not sure if that is the best word) in that I believe all meaning comes with a fusion of horizons and the one safeguard in interpretation is to understand the horizon of the text. There is no “plain meaning” that just transfers to our horizon and interpretation is not a matter of finding “modern analogies” etc. Does that make sense?

]]> By: mike http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/2008/04/04/the-hermeneutics-quiz/comment-page-1/#comment-258752 mike Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:29:19 +0000 http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/wp/2008/04/04/the-hermeneutics-quiz/#comment-258752 Tyler, out of curiosity, based on McKnight’s description, where would you place yourself?

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