1. What is hermeneutics? 2. Some Basic Characteristics 3. Some General Characteristics of Interpretation 4. The Historical Development pf Biblical Hermeneutics The Jewish Period ( BC 457 - AD 550) The Patristic Period (AD 95- 590) The Period of the Middle Ages (600-1340) The Reformation Period (1483 - 1564) The Post - reformation Period (1588 -1804) The Nineteenth Century (1792-1900) The New Testament Period 5. Recent Developments in Hermeneutics Karl barth (1886-1968) Rudolf Bultmann (1884-1976) Paul Tillich (1886-1965) 6. The new Hermeneutic The Philosophical Foundations The Theological perspectives The Issues Involved 7. Conservative Protestant hermeneutics Inspiration, Infallibility, and Authority The propositiohnal View of Revelation and Scripture Christian Philosophy or Synthesis Theology? 8. Roman Catholic Hermeneutics Scripture, Church and Tradition Vatican Council II and Biblical Studies Y`vyes Congar, Tradition and traditions Karl Rahner, Dogma and Eschat Hans Kung , Infallibility and Indefectibility 9. Towards an Asian Hermeneutics Hermeneutics in an Asuian Context : Past and Present Kazoh Kitamori : The Theology of the Pain of God Kosuke Koyama : Waterbuffalo Theology Amerito Nacpil , The Critical Asian Principle 10. Problems and Possibilities For a Future Hermeneutic The Scientific Method The Development of Technology The World Religions New Directions in Philosophy