Principles of Bible Study

The basic principles of literary hermeneutic are

1. The text of the Bible is the focus of study.
2. The sources or time  or place of composition is  not of any interest.
3. There is little interest in the historicity of a story, book, or passage.
4. It accepts in the interest of simplicity the traditional authorship of the passage.
5. It assumes that every word, phrase, and episode belongs.