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historico-grammatical

historico-grammatical adjective: pertaining to, using or based on the textual analysis technique of using context and literary form to establish the meaning of the text at the time it was written.

Adjective

historico-grammatical (not comparable)

  1. (hermeneutics, textual analysis) Pertaining to, using or based on the textual analysis technique of using context and literary form to establish the meaning of the text at the time it was written.
    • In biblical exegesis, the historico-grammatical approach tries to avoid extremes: that of dismissing the use of figurative language in the text on the one hand, versus dismissing the possibility of the miraculous and the supernatural on the other; that of ignoring what the original authors...
    • The biblical text is read typologically through the grid of holiness theology, ignoring historico-grammatical considerations.2011, Andrey P. Puzynin, The Tradition of the Gospel Christians, Wipf and Stock (Pickwick Publications), page 67

Examples of historico-grammatical in a sentence

  • In his opening paragraph, Wesley unabashedly declared that it is not his intention to pursue a historico-grammatical interpretation of the text:[…].2011, Ian J. Maddock, Men of One Book: A Comparison of Two Methodist Preachers, John Wesley and George Whitefield, Wipf and Stock (Pickwick...
  • He rejects the view that Erasmus is the father of the modern historico-grammatical method of exegesis, and the view that Erasmus passed over the search for the literal sense of Scripture.2013, Graeme R. Chatfield, Balthasar Hubmaier and the Clarity of Scripture: A Critical Reformation Issue, James Clarke and Co, page 54:

Forms of historico-grammatical

alternative formhistorical-grammatical
alternative formgrammatico-historical

Questions about historico-grammatical

What does historico-grammatical mean?
Historico-grammatical means pertaining to, using or based on the textual analysis technique of using context and literary form to establish the meaning of the text at the time it was written.
How do you use historico-grammatical in a sentence?
In his opening paragraph, Wesley unabashedly declared that it is not his intention to pursue a historico-grammatical interpretation of the text:[…].
What part of speech is historico-grammatical?
Historico-grammatical is an adjective.

Words near historico-grammatical in the dictionary

  1. historicizing
  2. historick
  3. historicness
  4. historico-
  5. historico-cultural
  6. historico-grammatical
  7. historicocritical
  8. historicocritically
  9. historicocultural
  10. historicodogmatic
  11. historicogeographic

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