Dungan - Hermeneutics

D. R. Dungan's Hermeneutics: A Text-Book: Table of Contents.
SEC. 10. THE DESIRE TO DO THE WILL OF GOD IS OF GREAT VALUE. 16
SEC. 11. SPIRITUAL PURITY IS A FACTOR. (1) The mind must been rapport with the truth to
be received. (2) Yet even low-minded persons may learn many things about the
Bible. (3) But the gross mind will not apprehend the pure teachings of the Spirit of
God. Men may hear, and not understand; and in answer to the carnal wish God may
send strong delusion, and the god of this world may blind the eyes of the unbelieving.
Men may fall too low for repentance. (4) Every degree in depravity increases the
difficulty of receiving and knowing the truth (1. Cor. ii. 14). 17
SEC. 12. A CORRECT TRANSLATION WOULD CONDUCE TOWARDS A RELIABLE EXEGESIS.
(1) Words anglicised, transferred, but not translated. (2) Wrong translations retained.
(3) Many words have become obsolete. (4) Others have entirely changed their
meaning. 24
SEC. 13. A GENERAL AND THOROUGH EDUCATION NEEDED. (1) This is not all that is
required. (2) Learning is helpful, and never injurious. (3) The mental drill aids the
power to think. (4) A knowledge of one's own language of first importance. (5) An
acquaintance with the original language will greatly assist. (6) A thorough drill in logic
is valuable. (7) Knowledge of contemporaneous history. (8) Familiarity with Bible
lands. By careful study the Bible can be as easily understood as any work of man on
the subject. (9) The customs of the times should be studied. 27
SEC. 14. WE SHOULD EXPECT TO UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE. The opposite of this view has
done much harm. 32
SEC. 15. THE BLESSING OF GOD IS NEEDED. 35
CHAPTER III.
THE THINGS THAT HINDER.
SEC. 16. A DESIRE TO PLEASE THE WORLD. (1) Not wrong to please the world to edifying.
(2) But the inordinate desire to please hinders the truth. 36
SEC. 17. THE BIBLE MADE THE PROPERTY OF THE PRIESTHOOD. (1) This has been too much
the thought of the Catholic Church. (2) Protestants have also been culpable. (3) The
authority of great names has been an evil in this respect. (4) They should be used as
aids in study. 37
SEC. 18. USING THE BIBLE TO PROVE DOCTRINES. 39
SEC. 19. MYSTICISM A GREAT HINDRANCE. 39
SEC. 20. MAKING THE BIBLE A BOOK OF WONDERS. 39
SEC. 21. READING WITHOUT EXPECTING TO UNDERSTAND IT. (1) Reading from a sense of
duty. (2) Reading irregularly and without system. (3) Reading only favorite
Scriptures. 40
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