How to Study Your Bible

Visits: 28[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-1 page.] [Editor’s Note: I’ve had this article in my files for some time, and its author’s name if ever attached, has not survived with my copy of it. It deals with basic…

Recognizing and Interpreting Synecdoches

Visits: 25[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts page.] Introduction Both literature and the spoken word abound with figures of speech—words or phrases that are used to mean something other than their normal or literal meanings. Figures of speech are actually…

The “New Hermeneutics”

Visits: 35[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts  page.] Introduction Hermeneutics is a word created from the name of Hermes, a god of Greek mythology, who served as interpreter for the other gods, especially Jupiter. Thus, hermeneutics refers to the science…