Alfredo G. Agustin, Jr., Ph.D

As far as Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) church is concerned, EGW’s writings were considered as inspired, thus they do not question her interpretation of any passage of the Scripture. Furthermore, SDA Biblical scholars (BS) and Theologians assert that EGW also apply principles of biblical interpretation when she interprets the Scripture.

This paper wants to evaluate her interpretation of some selected parables in the SG and compare them with the interpretations of some non-SDA BS in regard with those selected parables in the light of hermeneutical principles of the HistoricalGrammatical method. After examining and evaluating EGW and some Non-SDA BS, in the light of hermeneutical principles of the Historical-Grammatical method, this paper concludes that EGW interprets the selected parables of the SG accurately.

The evaluation shows that she is not out of context in her interpretation of the parables. It also shows that she agrees with the interpretation of some non-SDA BS. Given the fact that EGW was not educated in a theological school, and was not probably fully aware of the details of the hermeneutical principles, this may confirm her divine inspiration.