Scot McKnight, professor of religious studies at North Park University, Chicago, IL, and author of The Jesus Creed, recently designed a hermeneutics quiz to help us raise questions about how we both read our Bible and don't read our Bible. As Scot is careful to point out in his introduction to the quiz: "No single test can reveal all the nuances needed, but broad answers are enough to raise the key issues." In other words, this quiz will at least help you get a big picture of where you land on a hermeneutical scale. Are you a conservative when it comes to hermeneutics? A moderate? Are there any progressives among us? Take the quiz and find out. Though you'll probably have a few quibbles here and there with the questions and the answers from which you get to choose, I think you'll find it incredibly helpful as a student and preacher of the Word.
Posted by Brian Lowery at 10:52 AM on March 4, 2008
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Thanks for posting! This is a great tool. I scored a 48 - conservative. It's amazing that we can have one Bible but many different ways to study it.
Posted by: Traci on March 10, 2008
My score had me pegged as a moderate, but I was just two points shy of being a progressive. Some of the questions were a bit tricky to tackle, so I'm glad they offered an opportunity to wedge yourself somewhere between the significant poles! This was a really helpful resource.
Posted by: Chuck on March 10, 2008