Abstract

Systematic analysis has been used more occasionally in the form of immanent text analysis, but this form has its limits in systematic theology and other sciences regarding qualitative research. In this article, the author introduces the use of hermeneutic theory in systematic analysis (SAH). This theory adds broader criteria for the use of systematic analysis in hermeneutical research. These additional criteria are needed because sources and valid techniques in hermeneutical research are more varied than in immanent studies. These forms or research has a different kind of source criteria. The gravity of this problem is multiplied even more if a hermeneutical research question has complexity that asks for the definite use of multiple sources that cannot be handled with the same criteria than in immanent studies.