Intro to Hermeneutics in under 5 minutes!

A very, VERY surface level introduction!
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[@roaam78]

Now I unedrstand why religious arguments are not a good idea :) . Thank you . Simple and straight forward explanation

[@MrRocjunior]

Thank you to share with us this interesting interpretation of hermeneutics. I’ll keep this in mind. God bless

[@akbar8477]

this was great and it allowed me to understand where exegesis fits into it also. That whole proces is hermeutics but the breaking down of that letter to get what the writer meant would be exegesis.

[@somayaramadan7280]

For a nutshell exceptionally clear and extremely helpful.

[@AnkurPandeyef]

Thanks for the explanation, well done.Your one collar sticking out drew my OCD attention way more than it should've!

[@seanfarley8489]

This was VERY helpful. I'm a Lit & Writing major and we're looking at hermeneutics and sometimes we just need things simplified to get it! Oh, also, you're totally adorable. :)

[@phillipallen1264]

FANTASTIC explanation! Step by step to help understand . . . THANKS, Ethan!

[@andrewbonthius787]

Yes, great basic explanation. The artwork was most helpful. And you may interpret my use of "artwork" in, at least, two ways!

[@JB-ki2vd]

Brilliant Brother, clearest simplest explanation I've ever heard

[@HamRadio200]

My preacher preaches almost exclusively expository sermons. He is quoted as saying, words only have meaning in the context in which they are found. He also says you have to earn the right to preach topically. All too often sermons I hear online that are topical literally rip the words out of context and make them mean something that was never the original intention of the author. So, you end up with the absolute mess of denominations we have today.

[@YahuahsChosen]

Your preacher is a liar either in ignorance or for profit aka tithing...501c3 contributions. I know he spews lies based on this... *"I(YaHUsHa) come in my Father's name (YaHUaH) but you DO NOT RECEIVE me! He comes in his own name (jesus,yeshua,yasiwashi,allah,christ,buddha,nimrodntammuz,etc.) and YOU ARE QUICK TO RECEIVE HIM!" Quick! Halal lu Yah means Praise be to Yahuah not any other world made name. Yahusha is the only name given to us for deliverance. Not a translation bc even Google agrees that NAMES NEVER TRANSLATE! Transliteration is different. The letter j is only 500 years old so even a child could do the math and place that name as recently added! We recognize that Jesus is a name the world designed and put into scriptures where it should not be...THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION is THE FALSE IDOL THAT IS JESUS. Not Yahusha who DIED FOR US. Jesus is sitting in Yahusha's set apart place where it shouldn't be! We are to sing praises, thank, worship, and pray to YAHUSHA'S name only! Not a newly created device the scribes and pharahsee's put into scripture removing the key to salvation, playing gate keeper. We were told! We were warned. It is written! Search up "profane my **-holy-** name" and apply this truth Yahusha brought forth to you and you will see THAT WE HAVE PROFANED AND FORGOTTEN His name for our own names. There is nothing new under the sun! Generational curses "Because your father's fathers have forgotten my name and have called me by names of ba'al(lord=ba'al)." Book of Galatians cries out for us to see that we have been cat fished. We have fallen into the snare and the whole world has been led astray save for His remnant. Not the church. Not Circe the great whore!Test this matter, study and show yourselves approved! The road is narrow AND VERY VERY FEW find it. The road that SEEMS right to man is broad but leads to death! That broad road can hold billions but not the narrow road. Halal lu Yahuah forever! Baruk Yahuah!*

[@frimports]

You have a sound preacher there rare to find.

[@Philipkimanthi]

Abel Damina

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[@thoughtistic5807]

Exactly this. This is why I don't enjoy going to church or listening to sermons. I don't feel like most people on the pulpit have truly studied the texts they are speaking on. I don't know how many speakers I've heard IRL have even gone to seminary or gotten formal education, but it feels very low. This is why I'd rather listen to scholars and theologians online. I'm interested in the text, not what some guy on the stage was thinking about the past week after reading some passages, or worse, trying to find passages that relate to whatever random topic they wanted to talk about that week.

[@nuzhamohamed7412]

This was a fantastic explanation!

[@bro.jordan7592]

Brother! You're the only one ☝🏼 that "explains" hermeneutics in a way that a child can understand. This is the best explanation ever! Thx so much man! Btw, have u written any books 📚 on hermeneutics? I'm looking for a good book on the topic. However, not just any book on the topic; a book that can easily be understood.

[@EthanRenoe]

Aw, thanks man!! I have actually written four books and they're available on Amazon! However, none are specifically on hermeneutics

[@joshuamensah9309]

What a brilliant explanation, bang on!

[@mongoose6685]

3:35 A 4th factor identified in hermeneutics is the second reader: they bring their own values, morals and understanding to the text they are reading, they will naturally change the meaning of what they are reading simply by living in another era, coming from a different country or language. It is something we need to take into account and hopefully limit its effect on what we interpret.

[@EthanRenoe]

Absolutely! I think I meant to imply that. When we read the Bible for example, we must think of ourselves as, like 482nd readers haha

[@ranadaclark5491]

I believe that’s called Eisegesis.

[@SuperSegaScrub]

This was such an amazing explanation! Thank you so much!

[@benninasc]

awesome...so so hard to find truly VERY surface intros to complicated stuff... thanx!

[@andreamarkell6650]

Thanks 4 posting! Had to look this up when learning about this applied to social environment.

[@peachy_talisman]

I have been studying scripture in depth and have just learned about hermeneutics, which has been exceptionally helpful in understanding the Bible better. I wish this was a more widely talked about and practiced discipline among Christians.

[@seyedamirhooshangdehnadi3035]

Thank you for your comprehensive video, reverend.

[@luigipascucci6760]

As I'm unlearning dispensational preaching and teaching that is prevalent and today's Evangelical churches I've had to unlearn the things that I was taught over the years. Pastor Ken matey who you can find on youtube, I've learned through his preaching and teaching the importance of hermeneutics and biblical interpretation. If I would have learned this early on in my walk from the age of 12, I'm now 53, I would not have been easily tricked and beguiled by the infiltration of Satan and the enemy from within the church and the pews and pulpits of the false or mislead preachers and teachers. Most people are spiritual lazy and have not obeyed the King to be like the bereans. Standing upon Luke 9:62 KJV, this is a public thank you to the King of Kings and the Lord of lords, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob that I serve. I'm glad that he has been patient with me, as I continue to press in, and learn and grow as I work out my salvation. Thank you brother for your explanation of hermeneutics. Brother Luigi

[@EpicMomentGuru]

That was very clear! It helped me understand overall the idea of hermenéutics thank you!

[@JoaquinGuerrero-kz8es]

Amazing!

[@angegege]

couldn't agree more

[@LEGASItv]

You are an educator 🙌😊 uncomplicated things very well

[@AN-fu2op]

That seemed so simple! Thanks a lot!

[@bethelshiloh]

Very good explanation.

[@mwicks13]

Thank you for the explanation. Well put together.

[@aidenwatler486]

Beautifully done

[@JDesEsseintes-x]

It happens when you read Hermann Hesse. It feels pretty cool and you get this cool sense that you are drawn into something magical and you are wondering what is happening here... what kind of wizardry is this? Well, it's Hermanneutics. Now you know. It IS magic. It was taught in Hogwarts until it wasn't. But it will be in the sequel game, I promise.

[@angegege]

im here for Joaquin

[@JoaquinGuerrero-kz8es]

yei

[@LetsTalkAboutIt104]

This was well done! Thank you 👍🏽

[@ActsDriven]

Just came across your video. You did an excellent job here!

[@joannaw5521]

Wow, I will have an exam tommorow and I cant understood what is was. And now I know. Thanks! pretty easy, just how I like.

[@geoffreygithome8131]

good illustration

[@jiangmingya2527]

You explained in a simple and clear way!

[@helenpollard9672]

Thank you for keeping it simple!

[@ejemen1290]

Does this mean Hermeneutics is like checking out archival sources for research?

[@mariak8095]

THANK YOU!

[@gizemyuksel3732]

Thanks for the brief and clear interpretation but it would be better if you add less sound effects, a bit distracting.

[@seymagulnihalyildiz6488]

Thanks, great explanation

[@followmalead3150]

It was really helpful. Fabulous explanation 👌

[@scottkuethen5427]

Ethan, thank you for this! Outstanding video. Would you consider a part B explaining the four different hermeneutic approaches (Idealist, Preterist, Historicist, Futurist)?

[@EthanRenoe]

That's a great idea!

[@1PTR2NINE]

This is brilliant... Well done... Thanks

[@scottsponaas]

This was really helpful. One suggestion I would have is to see if you can come up with a better example letter. In this one, it seems to me that the intended message that Christmas is coming, was communicated to both readers, they just had different feelings about it and reacted different. Both still got the message. (I know this is a 3 year old video so I’m not expecting an update.) I’m going to spend some time to see if I can come up with an example of a statement that the letter could have on it where homophones are used and two totally different messages are interpreted but both are reasonable. Perhaps an example along the lines of somebody today writing a letter to a friend that said “Whatever you do, be careful not to let the cat out of the bag.” A reader today would interpret that to mean not to expose certain information that’s being kept secret. However hypothetically 2,000 years from now, such an idiom might be outdated and when somebody reads the same letter they might take it at face value and determine that the two people were kidnapping kittens or something. Just a thought, especially if you’re still teaching these awesome lessons. Great video!

[@EthanRenoe]

That is a lot better! Another one I think of is, 'don't drop the soap.' People 2k years from now would think we were really worried about dropping washing utensils. But for us today, we instantly think of prison and other nefarious things...

[@scottsponaas]

@@EthanRenoe lol that one is awesome. Yeah after watching this video I felt like the Holy Spirit was like “dig into this a bit” and I started looking up idioms and figured out a whole bunch of them. I could say “I’m down for the count” and one person might take that to mean that I’m out of commission while someone else back then would have thought I had traveled down from the mountains to participate in the census. If they said back then “cut him some slack” they would have meant to take it easy on someone, but a person today could read that and start cutting a pair of jeans to make jean shorts. 🤣.

[@vernonsteinkamp1088]

An example is the word awful. Many years ago it meant full of awe.

[@Unknown-jz6bx]

Excellent video! I understood it perfectly!

[@KwahinaVitale-fp3lf]

Thanks. This was helpful

[@thetrickygamer]

Nice video 🎉 Easy to understand

[@katrinapritchett6241]

GREAT explanation!

[@IAM1OUTOF60]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 explanation, AWESOME !!!!!!

[@cryriver5186]

my freaking drilla my man my bro thanks habib omriiiii // Yasir Zubaidi

[@Sangwaoh]

you explained it better than my teacher

[@supratimbanik7960]

Thanks a lot. It helped. ☺️

[@zillahmm]

Great discussion. Thank you for sharing. The in-between music is just distracting.

[@ministry_of_love]

Thank you for this. It has been very helpful.

[@stoks6067]

Very well explained thanks!

[@LoveJungle420]

Thank you! That was so helpful. Also, you're really handsome!

[@preciousmudzingwa4863]

Well understood thank you

[@ahmetakincilosangeles]

Thanks for the Video. It's so acknowledging

[@arianabrana6774]

its very helpful!

[@dibble2005]

excellent Ethan. I even subscribed!!

[@anuradhakalsi3693]

Understand each and every word u explained

[@michealcox7236]

So, basically, read for an ear for whoever was meant to read the text originally?

[@EthanRenoe]

You make it sound so simple! haha

[@GraceAboundsPodcast]

Awesome helpful video!

[@malungring3216]

Finally i get the point tq very much give it up 💪👍👍🥳

[@astroboy3828]

So basically "Who ,what, where , why, how.

[@azure-yu5vq]

wonderful explaination

[@JefferyHunt]

I think you may have conflated meaning and significance a bit. Christmas is coming soon is the intended meaning, and that was clear from the grammar, syntax. It held a different significance to the different readers, but the meaning was the same. See E.D. Hirsch.

[@Compleeted]

Thanks. That helped me.

[@paulbreen8533]

To wish someone good luck in Italian, you say "in the mouth of the wolf."

[@yashvirruplal2678]

Thank you for this video.

[@choolama]

Awesome Stuff!!

[@hermessanhao]

Respect. This is good.

[@isaacdunn7867]

Very helpful. Thank you :)

[@mightbe_KT]

Is it just me who enjoyed the editing😂

[@z.f.soigne8262]

Wow this is so good!

[@sukyungseo5985]

Thanks for such a great easy explanation. I am just wondering how the hermeneutics can be applied (or can be found) to recent academic research?

[@EthanRenoe]

Thanks Sukyung! What exactly do you mean about the hermeneutics for recent academic research?

[@nuelasilva2647]

My questions exactly 😊

[@jowhittaker2284]

I know this was a year ago but.... stumbled on this as my dissertation supervisor recommended hermenuetic phenomenology as an approach for my dissertation and I was just... "eh?" But this video helps so much. My study is looking at a particular group of patients and how they experience changes to work/training opportunities and adaptations within the limits of their disabilities. So essentially asking people what it actually means to them and how they experience day to day living with these conditions. Almost like in depth, subjective case studies to give a voice to those who are very seldomly heard. Hope that helps anyone looking.

[@ZyrusSmith]

This video was too long. Halfway through it, I got hungry so I left it playing and went to the kitchen to fix myself a sandwich. But then I found out that I'm out of mayonnaise so I went to a store. There, I saw the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in my whole life. But I'm a really shy person so I took up a three-year personality development course so I could introduce myself. She was very friendly and all, but unfortunately, she had a boyfriend. So I said, all good, I'm a mature person. I wanted the best for her and I harbored no illusion that I am the best person for her and she seemed happy with her boyfriend, so I didn't bother her anymore. But we kept in touch and we became friends and I got over my crush on her. Then she broke up with her boyfriend, we drank some alcohol because of it. I told her she'll be fine and I wished her well. I still think she's the most beautiful woman in the world, but like I said, I am over my crush on her. It was like five years already since I first saw her. Besides, I am quite happy with the friendship I developed with her. It was more important than a crush. So we kept hanging out, drinking, having coffee, and all. I had a girlfriend, she started dating other guys. My girlfriend wanted to live some other life without me in it, so I said, "Okay, I want the best for you and I want you to pursue your happiness." My lady friend and I drank alcohol about it, and she gave me the same advice I gave her when she was in that position and I became okay with the breakup immediately. But we were really drunk, so she spent the night in my apartment. I only have one bed, so you know what that means: She took the bed and I slept on the couch. But on the couch, I really can't sleep. Something was bothering me. So I tossed and turned for about three hours, then I finally couldn''t take it anymore, I stood up and went straight to my room where she's sleeping. I approached the bed, gently sat on it and I reached for her shoulder to pull her closer to me. She stirred and woke up. She asked what's up. I told her, "you know, the first time I saw you, I was watching a video and left it playing to get myself a sandwich then went to the store to get some mayo then I got so distracted by life that I forgot to finish the video." She said, "You know what, I've been wondering about a weird noise in your night drawer." So we opened that drawer, and lo and behold, there's my phone and this video still has two minutes of play time on it.

[@rodolforosario7059]

bruh 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jesuslovesyou5330]

Hello....love the video....what are your thoughts on cessationism???

[@tejkarlapudi6765]

it sure does my man. thank you

[@SHEAR-JASHUB]

well done!

[@vaibhavanandsharma900]

I was hooked at the collar. May be I have OCD. Wait.....Oh my God!!

[@ActsMissionInternational]

🤣🤣🤣

[@klemenskrokowski4379]

I don't know if you're familiar with it, but heterodox economics took an, "Interpretive turn" in 1990 when some heterodox economists began applying Hermeneutics as their main method for studying economics in a sort of quasi-historicist fashion. What are your thoughts on this, if you have any?

[@roanora7853]

Is that like Michael Hudson?

[@noname-pz9kb]

This dude is jacked

[@assyriaaaaa]

Thank you very much sir! :D

[@Mandycrewe]

Great explanation! Thank you for this video! Do you know of any hermeneutics online courses for the average Christian?

[@creationoflove84]

Been wondering the same thing. Our Daily Bread offers one. I’m in the current process of trying to discover other options that may be free.

[@stephenbrown8413]

Is this a good place to ask what the words "blasphēmia", "blasphēmēsē", "blasphēmēsanti", and "blasphēmos" mean?

[@minahilwaqar5019]

thank you sir

[@rachelhumphreys3618]

that was great thanks, I just had mini break though!

[@boardingurban]

Those kids scared me man. I'm driving. Don't do that

[@flyinglights2]

Thanks

[@sohelpathan1085]

Love from Bharat❤

[@nelladewaal1]

Soooo, that’s all great and fantastic, however!! Do we need historical, cultural and more context prior to understanding? And then, most importantly, it should conclude by telling me about the loving character of God…. I should think so!!

[@geomolettickal5518]

Hello sir, could you please tell me what are the methods and perspectives of Biblical Hermaneutics?

[@OnerousEthic]

Although this explanation is helpful, and I’m no expert, it fails to represent the big picture for me: that Heidegger fundamentally changed the nature of academic study by introducing the concept of recursive inquiry, with his insight that the progressive disclosure of scientific facts fundamentally changes the reality of our world. Or something like that…

[@mache3984]

So this would mean that nothing in the Bible applies to us because all that is written was written to and for certain people in that time. This would mean that even Christ's words aren't to be taken as applicable given the "context"

[@EthanRenoe]

Kind of! Obviously the Bible doesn't address "How to best use your iPhone or social media," for example, but it definitely gives us frameworks for how to think about attention, desires, peace, relationships which will help us more wisely think about those other issues it doesn't address. We just need to be thorough and accurate in constructing that framework! And of course many of the issues remain: Power, politics, money, sex, marriage, poverty, etc. Some things never change! :)

[@cutoats]

I would say they may or may not be directly applicable to us but it is important to get the true original, purpose and intent of the passage and then consider what is the the same and what has changed from the original context to the context we are living in today which even then it can be different for different people living in different circumstances. And Then for application you have to faithfully bridge the contextual gap.

[@michaelsabados3829]

Hermeneutics?! It’s very simple! Either you have God’s Holy Spirit or you don’t, either you’re born again in Christ or you aren’t. He will guide you into all truths & prophetic insights, one does not need a book on ‘hermeneutical principals’ or to have an ‘anagogical’ approach to scripture - these are just fancy words for simpletons. Hermeneutics = interpretational supposition. These ‘smart approaches’ are a sign that these people have such a hard time understanding, they’ve gone to great lengths just to create silly principles to approaching the Bible - it also confuses things more than they should be. The scriptures speak for themselves & even a kid can understand them. Many people run to a 200 page ‘hermeneutical’ principal book which supposedly tells them how to interpret the Bible - no, you don’t need to do that. Most of the people who write these books claim to be wise, but they are not. So many people conflate & take God’s word out of context instead of accepting it for what it says. A lot of these people read God’s word & instead of taking it at face value - they say ‘but what did God REALLY mean, what’s BETWEEN the lines?’ This is the same of God telling Adam & Eve not to eat of the fruit - but the devil made them question God & eat it anyways. Don’t get me wrong though, over-simplifying the Bible is just as bad as over-complicating it. There are hidden meanings & truths which will be revealed via His Holy Spirit, but God will only reveal them to you if you’ve accepted Jesus death as sacrifice for your sins.

[@josephwhite8850]

There has to be a standard, test all spirits, how do you test them? 2 Timothy 3:15-17

[@socalautisticman1975]

YES. e.g. Turning the other cheek doesn't make self defense a sin...it means avoid a continuum of the problem...they insult you,keep in an attitude that you didn't continue what they started["do not resist an evil person" resist as be "as guilty" cuz of continued the problem (try not to be)] & turn other cheek means forgive. By common sense we keep away from those demon led people thus JESUS also said " IF THEY persecute you in one city FLEE to another and in hebrew mystics an expression or word/wording can be intended to endless cases of life. It's interesting how the Good Book actually can BACK UP as to defend the case of any common sense moral & meaning GOD is all for it. to assure our salvation & deal with guilt also bear fruit of the SPIRIT in accordance to the Holy Scriptures : It's JESUS CHRIST & HIS work that saves us not our works. We must repent and lifelong put our faith in JESUS CHRIST & HIM crucified because what our Resurrected and Coming LORD did on that Cross HIS Blood saves us in it our forgiveness due to our repentance thus turning to GOD and GOD adds all knowledge and capabilty to act on all

[@flolou8496]

But what if God wrote the Bible? If a all powerful, all knowing, God is rally the divine author of the bible, isn't it reasonable to conjecture that having a ''godly mindset'' or dare I say it ''the Mind of Christ'' also play a important role on whether or not the reader is interpreting or understanding the Holy scriptures correctly? I'll try to make a similar point another way, a dominant secular worldview or mindset, might be ill equipped to understand a fundamentally supernatural book like the Bible, because the author and his words are fundamentally supernatural, ie in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was GOD, and Jesus Christ is also referred to as The Word, so you tell me, how can a secular mindset fully grasp the intent and meaning behind such spiritually filled theology in those words ? I've no problem with Hermeneutics, it is an important tool, I just hope people who read this comment and your video don't make the mistake of thinking that Hermaneutics is the only tool available to the reader to best understand the scriptures in there context, trust me God has his own version of hermeneutics he imparts in the heart and mind of a sincere believer who desire to know HIM and his Word.

[@user-rm4nc2xd1c]

but what does hermeneitics mean? whats the orogin of the word?

[@katkat5484]

Greek, meaning interpretation

[@zuzanajelinkova3568]

Yeeey... I might think I understand.... BUT!

[@keitharchie8120]

Great explanation however this holds true for a secular hermeneutic only - not a biblical hermeneutic. As you say, this is how we understand Marx and Shakespeare. We must not treat the Bible just like any other book - the Bible is a spiritual book. The Bible gives us the guidelines of a biblical hermeneutic. Those guidelines are. 1). The whole Bible in it’s entirety is the word of God - He used men to write it but He is ultimately the only author. 2 Pet. 1:21. This means we can expect the Bible to be consistent and true - it has one author who is almighty, infinite, holy God who cannot lie. 2). The Bible is it’s own dictionary - defining it’s own terms. That is we draw meaning and understanding of what the Bible talks about strictly from the Bible - not our best historical/archeological guesses about the life and times of the human authors, the hearers or their social/cultural context. We are not to speculatively read meaning into the Bible. (1Cor.2:13) 3). Given that we are not to read into or take out of the Bible - it is therefore a self contained/closed book . (Rev. 22:18,19)

[@wkt2506]

Debatable