03.0000. Table of Contents

Table of Contents 1. The text of Dr. Cooper’s book, Rules of Interpretation

• • Necessity for the Laws of Interpretation

  • The Basis for a Clear Understanding of the Word

  • The Use of Language

  • Seven Rules of Interpretation:

    • Rule 1: Discover the Author, the People addressed and their Life and Times

    • Rule 2: Discover the Facts and Truths presented in a Given Passage and Note the Exact Wording of the Text

    • Rule 3: The Golden Rule of Interpretation

    • Rule 4: The Law of First Mention

    • Rule 5: The Law of Double Reference

    • Rule 6: The Law of Recurrence

    • Rule 7: The Law of Paronomasia

  • The Law of the Context of Quotations (examination of Matthew 1:23, Messiah birth related passages)

  • The Law of Comparing Scripture with Scripture

  • The Prophetic Point of View

  • Figures of Speech Analysis: Symbolic Language, Parable, Allegory, Simile, Metaphor, Metonymy

2. Selected chapters from Dr. Cooper’s book, The World’s Greatest Library:

• • Some Basic Laws Of Interpretation

  • How To Interpret Prophecy

  • Four Types of Messianic Prophecy

3. An excerpt from the first chapter of Dr. Cooper’s book, Messiah: His Glorious Appearance Imminent:

• • How To Interpret Prophecy, Fulfilled And Unfulfilled