Christian apologetics is the art of using reason and logic to demonstrate the validity and reasonableness of faith.
Survey of the Bible aims to give the reader/listener an overview of the entire story of the Bible by identifying the core events and teachings of each book and resulting in a strong working framework from which to understand the specifics of scripture.
Hermeneutics deals with the frameworks and constraints a student of scripture uses in order to develop a proper exegetical interpretation of God’s word.
An important subset of hermeneutical disciplines, typology deals with types and symbols in scripture and their proper use as exegetical tools for interpretation.
-Dr. Ryrie’s forward for Kenneth Boa