Personal Narrative: Story Formed Life

I have been raised in the Church all through my life. Both my Mother and Father worked at Crossroads Church for several years. Plus, I have gone to CHCA for all of my life and taken a Christian Studies class every year. Therefore, I have a lot of experience with the Bible and have basically read all of the bible but not in the correct order. Originally, I would only do hermeneutics of the Bible and not until 8th grade did I start to do historical exegesis. In church when I was a child, I was force fed verses and meanings of the bible that impact personally. This may cause me to put some ideas and thoughts into that bible that aren’t there. As I matured, I began to study the bible with my family and friends. We would take verses and would midrash
Still all of my studying was hermeneutical studying. In school I did learn a little about literal exegesis, especially about genres of the bible. In the 8th grade we started talking about what historical exegesis was. I learned to ask questions about what was happening around the time of the author and the original meanings of books. I also learned how to discern different genres of the bible and how to go about them. I have learned a lot in your class over these few days and have shaped my view of the bible. Now when I look at the bible I first do exegesis and find out what kind of genre a book or story is and then try and find out about the historical context of the book. I never had a very good exegetical base and have always done solely hermeneutics and will most likely have very wrong interpretations of the bible. I have also realized how to choose a translation and what different kinds of translations there are. In the past, I have always used the NIV translation for school and for church. They thought that it was the easiest to understand while still being accurate. I t still is a good