chapter 3 Bible tool box CHR 105 Anderson University

What makes the Bible hard to understand

Distant language, culture, literature, and personal frame of reference

What mistake do allot of people make when reading the Bible?

They read the Bible as if it was written yesterday and as if it only addresses them.

Task of Interpretation

To bridge the context between today and the biblical world.

Exégesis

process of obtaining the original meaning from a biblical passage.

Best method of exegesis

Grammatical-historical exegesis

Goal of exegesis

discover the author's intended meaning. (Authoritative meaning)

Three tools

Historical tools, literary tools, and theological tools.

Historical tools

historical, cultural, and geographical context of the

events themselves and of the original author/audience.

Literary Tools

literary structure, storyline, purpose, genre, and syntax/structure/semantics.

Theological tools

issues of salvation history and main theological themes.

Two levels of historical context

That of the events of the text

That of the original author/audience

what is Our understanding of genre

derived from our own culture and time and frame of reference

Literal translations

NAS, ESV, CSB

what is the bible by nature

theological document. A book about God from God to save and create a people unto God.

center of the Bible

God and His Christ

what is Theology

study of God

The Bible is …

Descriptive and Normative

How do u apply the bible

Understand the original meaning of the text

Understand yourself

Respond and take action

where did Most of the events of the Bible took place

Fertile Crescent

what is known as “the land between the rivers”

Mesopotamia

what is Egypt known as

the gift of the Nile