An introduction to the hermeneutical principles basic to interpreting Scripture. Many of these principles are common to language and literature, while others apply uniquely to the Bible. All of them are based on the way in which the Bible interprets itself. The course lays a foundation of cognitive understanding, but emphasizes practice in applying the principles. Prerequisites: BIB 1110 and BIB 1120 for undergraduates; graduate students may take this as a graduate school prerequisite.