BIBLE STUDY EXAM #1 DR. OWENSBY
(SAGU)
In which step of the Interpretive Journey do you look for differences? - ✔✔Step two: measuring
the width of the river to cross (here, you look for differences between the biblica
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BIBLE STUDY EXAM #1 DR. OWENSBY
(SAGU)
In which step of the Interpretive Journey do you look for differences? - ✔✔Step two: measuring
the width of the river to cross (here, you look for differences between the biblical audiences
In which step of the Interpretive Journey do you look for similarities? - ✔✔Step Three: Crossing
the principlizing bridge (try to identify any similarities between the situation and the biblical
audience and our situation)
When should you refrain from doing application in the Interpretive Journey? - ✔✔Refrain from
doing application in all steps except step 5 (grasp the text in our town, which is about
application). However, one should ESPECIALLY refrain from application in step one (grasp the
text in their town)
What are the five steps of the Interpretive Journey? What happens during each step? - ✔✔1.
Grasp the text in their 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
How is meaning found in the text? - ✔✔Meaning is found through AUTHORIAL INTENTION;
this views the text as COMMUNICATION between the author and yourself. With this approach,
one asks the interpretive question, "What does the AUTHOR mean?" Meaning is tied to context
and is not determined solely by grammar and dictionary definitions.
What do you look for when determining the theological principle? - ✔✔Part of Step Three
(crossing the principlizing bridge). In this step, you are looking for/DISCOVERING the
theological principle or principles reflected in the meaning of the text you identified in step one.
To determine the theological principle, first recall the DIFFERENCES that you identified in step
two. Then, try to identify SIMILARITIES between the situation of the biblical audience and our
situation. After reviewing the differences and identifying the similarities, return to the meaning
for the biblical audience that you described in step one and try to identify a broader theological
principle reflected in the text.
Describe the order of general and specific statements. - ✔✔- Sometimes an author will introduce
an idea with a general statement and follow it with specifics of the idea. (GENERAL-TOSPECIFIC)
-Authors will frequently reverse the order and go from specific to general, listing the specifics
and then recapping the idea with a general statement summarizing the main point (SPECIFICTO-GENERAL)
What makes up the historical-cultural context? - ✔✔Involves the Biblical Writer, the Biblical
Audience, and any historical-cultural elements touched by the passage itself. Historical-culture
context relates to just about anything outside the text that will help you understand the text itself.
DOES NOT INCLUDE LITERARY CONTEXT
To what should the highest priority in interpretation be given? - ✔✔1. Immediate Context
2. Surrounding Context
What terms demonstrate emotional terms? - ✔✔-The bible is not a book of abstract, technical
information, but a book about RELATIONSHIPS (primarily between God and people).
-Note words and phrases that have emotional overtones, as well as words such as "Father",
"Mother", "Child", "Daughter", "Son", etc., as they usually have underlying connotations as well
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