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70 Cards in this Set
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-step 1, interpretive journey
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-grasp the text in their town
-what did the text mean to the biblical audience -grammar analysis of important words -literary context -historical/cultural context |
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-step 2, interpretive journey
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-measure the width of the river to cross
-what are the differences between the biblical audience and us -language, situation, time, culture, covenant |
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-step 3, interpretive journey
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-cross the principlizing bridge
-what is the theological principle in the text -look for similarities between the biblical audience and us |
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-step 4, interpretive journey (ot)
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-cross into the new testament
-does the new testament teaching modify or qualify the principle, and if so, how -what did jesus and his followers say about the principle |
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-step 5, interpretive journey
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-grasp the text in our town
-how should individual christians today apply the theological principle in their lives |
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-repetition of words
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-look for word and phrases that repeat
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-contrasts
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-look for ideas, individuals, and/or items that are constrasted with each other
-look for differences |
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-comparisons
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-look for ideas, individuals, and/or items that are compared with each other
-look for similarities |
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-lists
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-anytime the text mentions more than two items
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-cause and effect
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-look for cause and effect relationships
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-figures of speech
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-identify expressions that convey an image, using words in a sense other than the normal literal sense
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-conjunctions
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-notice terms that join units, like "and", "but", "for"
-note what they are connecting |
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-verbs
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-note whether a verb is past, present, or future
-active or passive |
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-pronouns
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-identify the antecedent for each pronoun
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-questions and answers
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-note if the text is built on a question and answer format
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-dialogue
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-note if the text includes dialogue
-identify who is speaking and to whom |
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-means
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-note if a sentence indicates that something was done by means of someone/something (answers "how")
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-purpose/result statements
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-these are a more specific type of "means", often telling why
-purpose and result are similar and sometimes indistinguishable -in a purpose statement, you can usually insert the phrase "in order that" -in a result statement, you can usually insert the phrase "so that" |
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-general to specific and specific to general
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-find the general statements that are followed by specific examples or applications of the general
-also find specific statements that are summarized by a general one |
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-conditional clauses
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-a clause can present the condition by which some action or consequence will result
-often such statements use an "if...then" framework |
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-actions/roles of God
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-identify actions or roles that the text ascribes to God
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-actions/roles of people
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-identify actions or roles that the text ascribes to people or encourages people to do/be
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-emotional terms
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-does the passage use terms that have emotional energy, like kinship words or words like "pleading"
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-tone of the passage
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-what is the overall tone of the passage
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-connections to other paragraphs and episodes
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-how does the passage connect to the one that precedes it and that one that follows it
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-shifts in the story/pivots
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-is the passage being used as a key to understanding a dramatic shift in the story
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-interchange
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-does the passage shift back and forth between two scenes or characters
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-chiasm
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-does the passage have chiastic arrangements, like a-b-c-d-c-b-a
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-preunderstandings
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-all of our preconceived notions and understandings that we bring to the text, which have been formulated, both consciously and subsconsciously, before we actually study the text in detail
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-presuppositions
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-develop out of our relationship with christ
-we will not want to set aside each time we tackle a passage |
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-occasional
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-written to address specific situations faced by the churches
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-biblical writer and the historical/cultural context
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-background
-where writer is from -when writer writes -what kind of ministry writer has -writer's relationship with the people he addresses -why writer is writing |
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-english only fallacy
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-a word in hebrew or greek is often translated into english by a number of different enlgish words
-different words in hebrew or greek cna be translated into english using the same english word |
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-root fallacy
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-the notion that the real meaning of a word is found in its original root
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-time frame fallacy
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-occurs when we latch onto a late word meaning (usually a meaning popular in our own time) and read it back into the bible, or when we insist that an early word meaning still holds when in fact it has since become obsolete
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-overload fallacy
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-most words can mean several different things
-the idea that a word will include all of those senses every time it is used |
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-word count fallacy
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-when we insist that a word must have the same meaning every time it occurs
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-word concept fallacy
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-when we assume that once we have studied one word, we have studied an entire concept
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-selective evidence fallacy
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-when we cite just the evidence that supports our favored interpretation or when we dismiss evidence that seems to argue against our view
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-semantic range
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-a list of all the possible meanings of a word
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-guidelines for choosing a translation
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-uses modern english
-is based on the standard hebrew and greek text -is translated by a committee as opposed to an individual -is appropriate for your own particular purpose at the time |
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-authorial intention
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-stresses the author in the determination of meaning
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-reader response
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-focuses on the reader as the main character in the determination of meaning
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-guidelines for how to apply a passage
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-observe how the principles in the text address the original situation
-discover a parallel situation in a contemporary context -make your applications specific |
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-old testament literary genres
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-narrative
-law -poetry -prophecy -wisdom |
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-new testament literary genres
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-gospel
-history -letter -apocalyptic literature |
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-descriptive
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-what was valuable and inspiring in the early church is not necessarily binding on us today
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-normative
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-the church in every age should imitate the experiences and practices of the early church
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-traditional approach to interpreting old testament law
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-to emphasize the distinction between moral, civil, and ceremonial laws
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-moral laws
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-those that dealt with timeless truths regarding God's intention for human behavior
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-civil laws
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-those describing aspects that we normally see in a country's legal system
-dealt with courts, economics, land, crimes, punishments |
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-ceremonial laws
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-those that dealt with sacrifices, festivals, and priestly activities
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-weaknesses in the traditional approach
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-distinctions between laws appear to be arbitrary, no distinction in the text
-often difficult to determine whether a law falls into the moral category or into one of the others -too ambiguous and too inconsistent |
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-parallelism
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-poetical lines are usually grouped in units of two or three to express one thought
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-synonymous parallelism
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-a close similarity between lines using words with similar meanings
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-developmental parallelism
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-the second line develops further the idea of the first
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-illustrative parallelism
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-line A conveys the idea and line B illustrates it with an example or a symbol
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-contrastive parallelism
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-employs the use of contrast, in that line B is contrasted with line A
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-formal parallelism
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-a miscellaneou category to catch the remaining types of parallelism that do not fall into the other categories
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-the basic prophetic message
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-you have broken the covenant; you had better repent
-no repentance? then judgment -yet, there is hope beyond the judgment for a glorious, future restoration |
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-guidelines for dealing with the predictive passages of prophecy
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-do not overlook the poetic aspect of prophecy
-focus more on translating and applying the broader theological principles than on trying to fit all the details into a system -do not forget that eay in which the prophets use the near view-far view; future events are often blended together |
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-wisdom books
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-proverbs
-job -ecclesiastes -song of songs |
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-basic message of proverbs
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-rational, ordered norms of life
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-basic message of job
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-there are often events in life that humans cannot grasp or understand through the wisdom approach
-we are forced to rely on faith in the creator |
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-basic message of ecclesiastes
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-wisdom does not by itself provide meaning to life
-the only way to find meaning in life is to be in relationship with God |
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-basic message of song of songs
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-husband and wife couples need to go beyond logic and rational thought and be crazy in love with each other in the privacy of their home
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-proverbs as the basic approach to life
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-proverbs are not universals, but rather norms of life because God has set in place an ordered, rational world and it all makes sense
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-job as exception to proverbs
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-there are often events in life that humans cannot grasp through wisdom approach in proverbs
-the righteous suffer -must rely on faith in God |
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-ecclesiastes as exception to proverbs
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-widsom does not by itself provide meaning to life
-chronicles numerous exceptions to thesis of ordered, rational universe -meaning in life through relationship with God |
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-song of songs as exception to proverbs
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-difficult to build great love relationship with only logic and rational thought
-in privacy of home, couples need to be madly in love and slightly irrational |
