“This manual has been repeatedly reprinted by the Organization for the Publication of Educational Books to introduce the theology student to the topics of Hermeneutics, which, while once considered an insignificant subject, and sometimes even confused with Rhetoric, has today assumed very large dimensions, such that it transcends the definition of the principles for the interpretation of sacred texts and extends to the determination of the meaning of theology in general.

In general, this book is merely another attempt at writing, by an Orthodox theologian, of a Hermeneutics plan under the contemporary scientific and ecclesiastical conditions. Therefore, the first edition was not published as a printed book, but in the form of well-organized notes.”

[Excerpt from the text of the preface]