Interpretive Journey
Module 1 Study Guide
Chapter 2 • Know the five basic steps of the interpretive journey. Grasping the text in their town/ Measure the width of the river to cross/ Cross the principlizing bridge/ Consult the biblical map/ Grasping the text in our town. • Know the order of these five basic steps. Why is order important in following the interpretive journey? We will know what the text meant to the original audience/ know the difference between the biblical audience and us/ know the theological principle of the text/ find out if our theological principle fit the rest of the bible/ how individuals Christians today live out the theological principles. • What is a theological principle? Does it apply only to modern readers, or did …show more content…
(Ex. Lamp to light up darkness). These are powerful because they paint images to which we can relate emotionally.
Conjunctions-And, For, But, Therefore, Since, Because If we imagine the biblical text like a brick house, then conjunctions are the mortar that holds the bricks (phrases and sentences) together. Try to determine what the conjunction connects, don't just skp over them! Therefore/so usually indicates some time of CONCLUSION.
Verbs- Where the action is They communicate the action of the sentence Note emperative verbs (Go!), vs progressive ideas (I was going, am going, will be going) Emperative verbs are often COMMANDS TO US (Go!) Are they ACTIVE or PASSIVE? Pronouns- Note all pronouns and be sure to note the antecedent (to whom or to what the pronoun refers). "Our" and "us" in Ephesians 1:3..."Praise be to the God and Father of OUR Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed US in the heavenly places with every spiritual blessing in …show more content…
An overview or summary of the main idea FOLLOWED by specifics of the idea sometimes specific to general might occur. • Know which literary and grammatical features are important in the observation of paragraphs. These are listed in the textbook and include • Repetition of words- Look for words or phrases that repeat • question and answer, Note if the text is built on a question and answer format • purpose statements, In order that...So that...A more specific type of "means" and telling why • conditional clauses-A clause can present the condition by which some action or consequence will result. Like if...then • general and specific, • dialogue- Overlaps with the q and a. Note if text includes dialogue. Identify who is speaking and to whom.
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• purpose and result statements- phrases or sentances that describe the reason, result or consequence of some action./ These are a more specific type of "means," often telling why. They are similar and sometimes indistinguishable. Here, you usually can insert the phrase "in order that." In a result cluase , you usually can insert the phrase "so
Chapter 2 • Know the five basic steps of the interpretive journey. Grasping the text in their town/ Measure the width of the river to cross/ Cross the principlizing bridge/ Consult the biblical map/ Grasping the text in our town. • Know the order of these five basic steps. Why is order important in following the interpretive journey? We will know what the text meant to the original audience/ know the difference between the biblical audience and us/ know the theological principle of the text/ find out if our theological principle fit the rest of the bible/ how individuals Christians today live out the theological principles. • What is a theological principle? Does it apply only to modern readers, or did …show more content…
(Ex. Lamp to light up darkness). These are powerful because they paint images to which we can relate emotionally.
Conjunctions-And, For, But, Therefore, Since, Because If we imagine the biblical text like a brick house, then conjunctions are the mortar that holds the bricks (phrases and sentences) together. Try to determine what the conjunction connects, don't just skp over them! Therefore/so usually indicates some time of CONCLUSION.
Verbs- Where the action is They communicate the action of the sentence Note emperative verbs (Go!), vs progressive ideas (I was going, am going, will be going) Emperative verbs are often COMMANDS TO US (Go!) Are they ACTIVE or PASSIVE? Pronouns- Note all pronouns and be sure to note the antecedent (to whom or to what the pronoun refers). "Our" and "us" in Ephesians 1:3..."Praise be to the God and Father of OUR Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed US in the heavenly places with every spiritual blessing in …show more content…
An overview or summary of the main idea FOLLOWED by specifics of the idea sometimes specific to general might occur. • Know which literary and grammatical features are important in the observation of paragraphs. These are listed in the textbook and include • Repetition of words- Look for words or phrases that repeat • question and answer, Note if the text is built on a question and answer format • purpose statements, In order that...So that...A more specific type of "means" and telling why • conditional clauses-A clause can present the condition by which some action or consequence will result. Like if...then • general and specific, • dialogue- Overlaps with the q and a. Note if text includes dialogue. Identify who is speaking and to whom.
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• purpose and result statements- phrases or sentances that describe the reason, result or consequence of some action./ These are a more specific type of "means," often telling why. They are similar and sometimes indistinguishable. Here, you usually can insert the phrase "in order that." In a result cluase , you usually can insert the phrase "so