Biblical Hermeneutics
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PRINCIPLES OF BIBLICAL HERMENETICS ; M. M. NINAN<br />
• Esoteric meanings attempts to look beyond the physical, human level of<br />
understanding the text to hidden meanings. Instead the surface meaning the text itself<br />
hides/covers/conceals its real intention. The real truth is the secret hidden within the<br />
deceptive covering. Thid gives the fourth level of exegesis: Sod-Secret belongs to the<br />
esoteric "Nistar-Hidden" interpretations of Scripture. These led to the Jewish mysticism-<br />
Kabbalah.<br />
Religious adherents of Kabbalah and Rationalism claims to know the esoteric meaning given<br />
only to the privileged few. In Medieval Jewish Rationalism, the hidden truth within Scripture<br />
was human-centred Divine transcendence philosophical depths.<br />
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