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In what specific ways are an exegetical statement and a hermeneutical statement of a Bible passage different? In what way must the two statements be the same?
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An exegetical statement is a statement that was written by the author to his original audience.
A hermeneutical statement asks how do I apply the author’s original teaching to his original audience to my own life.Though no Bible passage was written to us, All Bible passages were written for us.
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We interpret the passage by its context verses our own context.
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The two are different in that in exegesis we interpret the passage In its context while in hermeneutics we apply that meaning to our own context. How we apply it to our context hermeneutically must never change the meaning in the original context derived exegetically.
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Exegetical statement = what the author meant when he wrote TO his original audience.
Hermeneutical statement = how we apply that teaching to Our own setting.
Similarity – No matter what, God’s truth was written FOR us too! -
An exegetical statement is what the writer wanted his original reader to understand by what he wrote. The hermeneutical statement is how the principles of that passage are brought into today’s context. It is important that the meanings of both statements are the same.
