Biblical Foundations Test #1

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5 steps of biblical interpretation

Back 1

1. grasp the text in their own town
2. measure the width of the river to cross
3. cross the principlizing bridge
4. consult the biblical map
5. grasp the text in our town

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step 1

Back 2

grasp the text in their own town. what did the text mean to the original audience?

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step 2

Back 3

measure the width of the river to cross. what are the differences between the biblical audience and us?

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step 3

Back 4

cross the principlizing bridge. what is the theological principle in this text?

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step 4

Back 5

consult the biblical map. how does our theological principle fit with the rest of the bible?

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step 5

Back 6

grasp the text in our own town. how should individual Christians today live out the theological principles?

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repetition of words

Back 7

look for words and phrases that repeat

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contrasts

Back 8

look for ideas, individuals, and/or items that are contrasted with each other. look for differences

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comparisions

Back 9

look for ideas, individuals, and/or items that are compared with each other. look for similarities

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lists

Back 10

anytime the text mentions more than two items, identify them as a list

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cause and effect

Back 11

look for cause and effect relationships

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figures of speech

Back 12

identify expressions that convey an image, using words in a sense other than the normal literal sense

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conjunctions

Back 13

notice terms that join units like, "and, but, for" note what they are connnnecting

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verbs

Back 14

note whether a verb is past, preset, or future tense. active or passive. and the like

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pronouns

Back 15

identify the antecedent for each pronoun

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questions and answers

Back 16

note if the text is built on a question and answer format

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dialouge

Back 17

note if the text includes dialogue. identify who is speaking and to whom.

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means

Back 18

note if a sentence indicates that something was done by means of someone/something (answers how) usually you can insert the phrase, "by means of" in the sentence

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purpose/result statemnets

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these are a more specific type of "means", often telling why. purpose and result are similar and sometime indistinguishable. in a purpose statement, you usually can insert the phrase, "in order that". in a cause statement you can usual insert the phrase, "so that"

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general to specific and specific to general

Back 20

find the general statements that are followed by specific examples or applications of the general. also find specific statements that are summarized by one general one.

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conditional clause

Back 21

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

Back 22

identify actions or roles that the texts ascribes to God

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actions/roles of people

Back 23

identify actions or roles that the text ascribes to people or encourages people to do/be

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emotional terms

Back 24

does the passage use terms that have emotional energy, like kinship words(father, son) or words like pleading?

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tone of passage

Back 25

what is the overall tone of the passage? happy, sad encouraging, ect...

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connections to other paragraphs and episodes

Back 26

how does the passage connect to the one that precedes it and the one that follows it?

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shifts in the story/pivots

Back 27

is the passage being used as a key to understanding a dramatic shift in the story?

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interchange

Back 28

does the passage shift back and forth between two scenes or characters?

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chiasm

Back 29

does the passage have any chiastic arrangements?

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inclusio

Back 30

does the passage open and close with similar statements or events?