Grant R. Osborne

Grant R. Osborne is an American theologian and New Testament scholar. He is Professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

Osborne has degrees from Fort Wayne Bible College, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and the University of Aberdeen.[1]

Osborne specialises in biblical hermeneutics. He is best known for his concept of the "hermeneutical spiral",[2] denoting an "upward and constructive process of moving from earlier pre-understanding to fuller understanding, and the returning back to check and to review the need for correction or change in this preliminary understanding."[3]

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References

  1. "Grant R. Osborne, PhD". Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  2. Melick, Richard R. (2013). "Can We Understand the Bible?". In Defense of the Bible: A Comprehensive Apologetic for the Authority of Scripture. p. 114. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  3. Thiselton, Anthony C. (2009). Hermeneutics: An Introduction. p. 14. Retrieved 27 November 2014.