{"id":4906,"date":"2026-02-06T16:04:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T21:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=4906"},"modified":"2026-02-06T16:04:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T21:04:52","slug":"hermeneutics-the-theory-of-interpretation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=4906","title":{"rendered":"Hermeneutics (the theory of interpretation)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The writing spark for this piece was proverbs. We needed to use a proverb in our writing.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hermeneutics<\/b><\/span> (the theory of interpretation)<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cA text without context is a pretext for a proof text.\u201d<\/span><\/i> -D. A. Carson (New Testament Scholar),<\/span> or<\/i><\/b> if you only take certain pieces of information from a text, you are liable to misinterpret its meaning.<\/span><\/p>\n

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There once was a man named Old Dan. He considered himself very learned. He would always use his knowledge to tell others how to make decisions. He was not very observant. When he read, he would skim quickly, picking out some words but not others. He only read the words that suited him in order to define their meaning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He might also have been a little dyslexic.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said he loved reading historical documents and would use the knowledge they provided to pave his way in life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The reliance on his memory eventually created quite a conflict as he gained more power as the elder of his clan.<\/span><\/p>\n

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These are some of the tenets he gleaned from the <\/span>Declaration of Independence<\/b>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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