Myung, Jun Ahn2011-05-272011-05-271999Myung, JA 1999. 'The influences on Calvin's hermeneutics and the development of his method', HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 228-2390259-9422 (print)http://hdl.handle.net/2263/16646Spine cut of Journal binding and pages scanned on flatbed EPSON Expression 10000 XL; 400dpi; text/lineart - black and white - stored to Tiff Derivation: Abbyy Fine Reader v.9 work with PNG-format (black and white); Photoshop CS3; Adobe Acrobat v.9 Web display format PDFThe article deals with Chrysostom and the humanists Valla, Bude and Erasmus who influenced Calvin's hermeneutics. Calvin appreciated Chrysostom's rejection of the allegorical interpretation and his emphasis on the 'simple sense of the text'. The article aims at showing how Chrysostom and the humanists offecred Calvin's hermeneutics of interpretingthe 'intention of the author of Scripture' (mens scriptoris) and seeing the 'true meaning' of the text as 'simply and briefly' (brevitas et facilitas) as possible.enFaculty of Theology, University of PretoriaChrysostomVallaBudeErasmusJohn Calvin (1509–1564)HermeneuticsArticle