Introduction to Biblical Hermeneutics – Matthieu Sanders

Reading the Bible seriously involves more than just understanding what the text says; it also requires knowing how to interpret it correctly. In Introduction to Biblical Hermeneutics, Matthieu Sanders offers the reader a structured approach to better understand the Scriptures and avoid interpretations that are too hasty or disconnected from their context.

The author begins with the essential foundations: the biblical canon, the transmission of the text, and the inspiration of Scripture. He then guides the reader through various methods of interpretation, taking into account the diversity of the texts that make up the Bible. Laws, historical narratives, prophetic texts, the Acts of the Apostles, and even Revelation are not necessarily read in the same way.

One of the major benefits of this work lies in its pedagogical approach. Rather than presenting hermeneutics as a discipline reserved for specialists, Matthieu Sanders progressively imparts a true method for reading and analyzing the biblical text, illustrated with concrete examples. The reader is thus led to reflect on the context, literary genre, the message of the text, and the various questions that have marked the history of its interpretation.

As pastor of the Paris-Centre Evangelical Baptist Church and a lecturer at the Faculté libre de théologie évangélique in Vaux-sur-Seine, Matthieu Sanders uses his pastoral and pedagogical experience to provide a tool that is particularly useful for biblical training.

A valuable manual for theology students, pastors, preachers, church leaders, and readers eager to deepen their personal study of the Bible. A solid introduction to learning not only how to read the biblical text, but above all how to understand it with rigor and faithfully convey its meaning.