Every now and again I find a site that is worth sharing.
This site is headed up by Tony Garland Th.M, Th.D. and features university/seminary level information from himself and others for self-study.
The neat thing about this site is the in depth nature of the tools and resources. The free 2 Volume commentary on Revelation, lessons on on Bible Interpretation and Issues in Hermeneutics is worth a visit alone. Other available resources and in depth introductions to Bible books will expose you to the dispensation hermeneutic and its application for interpretation.
http://www.spiritandtruth.org/
This quite is from their doctrine page that will give you a better understanding of their approach of interpretation
The Interpretation of Scripture
Though in some ways, interpretation of Scripture would not be considered ‘doctrine,’ yet it is extremely important as to the method that one approaches in the study of the Bible. In this sense, interpretation becomes an essential doctrinal issue.
‘Hermeneutics’ is the science of interpretation. There are evidences in both the Old and New Testaments as to the method that Biblical truth is to be interpreted. Conservative, normal, and literal hermeneutics takes a very tried and true approach to understanding the Bible that should include observation, interpretation, and application. It would argue for but one sense or meaning for each passage of Scripture. As well, normative hermeneutics leaves no room for a new ‘complementary hermeneutics’ approach in the popularly labeled system of Progressive Dispensationalism.
Though taking the Word of God literally, and at face value, in classical hermeneutics there is room for poetry, figures of speech, illustrations, types, and symbols. But these literary devices do not take away from the foundational or normal interpretative understanding of Biblical truth. Normal interpretation also argues for progressive revelation, i.e., that the Holy Spirit over a period of time revealed certain truths in a progressive fashion. For example, the revelation of Jesus Christ starts in Genesis but is not fully complete until the book of Revelation. Literal interpretation is in opposition to allegorical interpretation. Though the Apostle Paul in Galatians ‘creates’ an allegory in order to make an isolated point or illustration (Gal. 4:21-26), allegory as a system is but an unacceptable philosophical approach to understanding the Word of God. It is clearly contrary to proper Biblical interpretation.
(Luke 1:1-4; 24:35, 44-46, 48; Acts 10:8; 17:11-12; 26:6-7, 26-27)
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