A good friend recently sent me this Hermeneutics Quiz. It’s a couple of years old, but interesting nonetheless.
So, I took the quiz and scored it. It’s only 20 questions and it doesn’t take long.
Give it a shot and let me know what you scored. It would also be interesting to hear what others think of the explanation of the scoring.
My score was 48 which puts me on the conservative hermeneutic scale. The explanation starts:
First, the conservative hermeneutic group scores 52 or lower. The strength of this view is its emphasis on the authority, ongoing and normative authority, of all of Scripture. It tends to operate with the line many of us learned in Sunday school: “If the Bible says it, that settles it.” Such persons let the Bible challenge them with full force. Literal readings lead to rather literal applications. Most of the time.
What did you score?
What do you think?
tagged as Hermeneutics in Church Issues,theology
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Mark is a Christian, husband and father. He is a businessman by day working to support his family while attending seminary in the off hours as he prepares for vocational ministry.
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I scored 42…..Conservative as well.
I scored 40.
I scored a 38; the most conservative of the bunch so far. Oh me oh my…
I scored 47.
48… I wanted a 'none of the above' on a couple for example, the Saturday parenthesis on the Sabbath. I believe Sabbath (24 hr of do nothing rest) is an abiding principle but those answers weren't available. And of course, that's a hermeneutic issue itself isn't it.
I scored a 36 and view myself as very conservative in light of inerrancy and was uncomfortable with a couple of the questions, as one other looked for none of the above. This is a good test to start a solid conversation.
38 – conservative.
45..
I scored 41. But I wanted none of the above on a few, too.
48 – as others have stated, some of the either/or questions weren't.
I got a 42
Thanks for the replies. Most scores don't seem too far off from each other. I agree that some questions could use improvement which made them tough to answer.
Thanks, Mark. The points of view leave little room for nuance or explanation.
44
As I noted on twitter. That was atrocious. I wasn't surprised when I went back and realized who wrote it. Seems to be some serious presuppositions at play in his definition of hermeneutics. His view of a conservative interpretation at one end is clearly unbalanced. I grant there might be some wackos that might agree with some of those statements, but it's hardly useful to include them on the scale.
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I got a 35. Interesting questions. Some very easy to answer; others pretty tough.
I got a 37. More conservative than I thought…
I earned a 54. Several times I had to hold my hand from a more conservative score to what I seem to actually do in the real world. The bible was delivered in a historical context. I believe the Bible is inerrant. How that actually works I am just beginning to understand the issues.
Rob Armistead
Rob, I think everyone had some trouble with the questions and how they really apply.
43 — and, again, some questions could be markedly improved!
I scored a 40, guess I confirmed that I am a conservative.