Dr. James Rosscup of The Master's Seminary teaches the craft of interpreting the Bible rightly, from careful observation to the parables, the types, and the prophets.
This course teaches the disciplines of sound Bible interpretation: learning to observe what a text says, the first principles of clarity and context, word studies and the case for literal interpretation, how parables and figurative language work, what makes a true type, and how to approach the prophets.
Each lecture below is a full seminary class session, and each has its own page with the video, a study sheet that walks the lecture section by section, links to every Scripture passage discussed, key terms, a comprehension check, discussion questions, and a printable PDF.
Lectures by Dr. James Rosscup, embedded from The Master's Seminary's public channel.
Optional textbook: Basic Bible Interpretation by Roy B. Zuck, one of the two texts Dr. Rosscup assigns alongside these lectures.
Optional textbook: Evangelical Hermeneutics: The New Versus the Old by Robert L. Thomas, the second of the two texts Dr. Rosscup assigns alongside these lectures.
Enrollment is free and optional, and takes a minute: let the church know you are studying.
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Learning to observe: what the text says, what it does not say, and the questions that matter. About fifty minutes with your Bible open.