Basic principles of biblical interpretation. Historical survey of the hermeneutics of the rabbis, the Church Fathers, the Reformers; scientific interpretive theories connected with the Enligthenment; modern hermeneutics with reference to various philosophical streams that influence hermeneutics, such as existentialism, liberation theology, structuralism, linguistics, post-modernism, deconstruction, etc. Hermeneutical factors in the approach to various parts of the biblical canon. Relationship of the two Testaments. Dispensational versus covenant hermeneutics. The concepts of general and special revelation, inspiration, Canon, inerrancy, illumination and the authority of Scripture.