| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Is the difference in covenant between the Old and New Testaments a problem in interpreting the Old Testament? | yes |
| Does the first step of the interpretive journey deal with applying principles to our individual situations? | no |
| Are the similarities between the biblical audience and us important to discovering the meaning of the text? | yes |
| Who do theological principles apply to? | All people of all ages everywhere |
| Do we seek to create the meaning when interpreting biblical text? | no |
| What are five issues in the river of differences? | covenant, situation, language, culture, and time |
| What is the first step of the interpretive journey and the key question? | Grasping the Text in Their Town: What did the text mean to the biblical audience? |
| What is the second step of the interpretive journey and the key question? | Measuring the Width of the River to Cross: What are the differences between the biblical audience and us? |
| What is the third step of the interpretive journey and the key question? | Crossing the Principlizing Bridge: What are the theological principles in the text? |
| What is the fourth step of the interpretive journey and the key question? | Grasping the Text in Our Town: How can we as Christians apply the text to our lives today? |
| What kind of reading of the Bible allows you to hear God as you dig deeper into his word? | serious and careful |
| Do we make careful observation of the text first? | yes |
| What can serious or careful reading of the Bible be compared to? | reading a love letter |
| What do comparisons focus on? | similarities |
| What do contrasts focus on? | differences |
| What are the nine features used for observing SENTENCES? | conjunctions, pronouns, verbs, comparisons, contrasts, cause/effect, lists, repeated words, and figures of speech |
| In the beginning of chapter three, who is Agassiz? | a professor of zoology |
| In the story, what does the author do with the fish? | looks at it for hours |
| Which New Testament book has a five question episode that occurs early in the book and also at the end of the book? | Mark |
| The Bible is not a book of abstract technical info. It is a book about __________, primarily between God and people | relationships |
| We can usually use one word to describe the __________ of a passage | tone |
| When we examine a passage to ask "What does God do in the passage?" what are we looking for? | role of God |
| When we examine a passage to ask "What do people do in the passage?" what are we looking for? | role of people |
| An author sometimes introduces an idea with a _______ statement and follows with the ________ of that idea. | general, specific |
| 1 Corinthians 13 is called what? | the love chapter |
| 1 Corinthians 13 is an example of what? | specific to general |
| Jesus' conversation with the Samaritan woman at the well is an example of what? | dialogue |
| Words like "father", "mother", "child", "daughter", and "son" are example of what? | emotional terms |
| In the story in the beginning of chapter four, what has happened since Holmes last saw Watson? | Watson has gotten married |
| What is Watson's profession in the story? | doctor |
| What happens after Jesus spits on the blind man's eyes? | he is healed partially at first, total sight came later |
| What is the major pivot event in David's life? | he sleeps with Bathsheba and has her husband Uriah killed |
| What is the story of David (2 Samuel) an example of? | story shifts: major breaks and pivots |
| What is the story of Jarius and the Bleeding Woman an example of? | interchange |
| What is the story of the blind man an example of? | connections between paragraphs and episodes |
| What term refers to units of connected text longer than paragraphs? | discourse |
| What is a literary device that involves contrasting or comparing two stories at the same time? | interchange |
| What is the following an example of: abcdedcba? | chiasm |
| Once we understand the meaning of a text in its origin, can we apply it to our lives in ways that are just as relevant? | yes |
| Was each passage of scripture God's word to us first? | no |
| Was God just using the biblical audience to get a message across to us? | no |
| What were New Testament letters? | situational and occasional |
| Is knowing the historical-cultural background of the bible significant to understanding the text? | yes |
| What are the four elements involved in historical-cultural context? | biblical writer, biblical audience, historical cultural elements in the text, and historical cultural elements not in the text |
| What are the following examples of: commentaries, bible handbooks, bible atlases, old/new testament survey books, and bible dictionaries? | resources for finding historical cultural context |
| What are some questions you ask when grasping the historical cultural context of a passage? | who was the biblical writer, when was he writing, and who was the biblical audience |
| What does Paul mean in 2 Timothy 4 when he tells Timothy to come before winter? | he wants him to come before travel is difficult |
| What is the cultural relevance of the parable of the "Good Samaritan" and Jesus' visit with the Samaritan woman? | the Jews despised the Samaritans |
| What is the cultural relevance of the father running in the story of the prodigal son? | Jewish men were much too dignified to run |
| What country was Xerxes king of? | Persia |
| What was Esther's Jewish name? | Hadassah |
| Since Esther was an orphan, who was her cousin that raised her? | Mordecai |
| What tribe were Esther and her cousin from? | Benjamin |
| What is the name of the feast celebrated for the Jews' deliverance in the Book of Esther? | the feast of Purim |
| What step of the interpretive journey does studying historical cultural context deal with? | Step 1 |
| What is Esther 4:14? | "Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?" |
| In the story at the beginning of chapter 5, Danny is in a church watching an Ethiopian ________ pageant. | Christmas |
| Who accompanies Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem in the pageant? | female relatives |
| In the pageant, who delivers baby Jesus? | midwives |
| What is the word describing all our preconceived notions and understandings that we bring to the text that have been formulated conciously and subconciously before we study the text? | preunderstanding |
| Preunderstanding is formed by both _____ and ____ influences, some ______ and some _______. | good, bad, accurate, inaccurate |
| Is it dangerous for us to assume our preunderstanding is correct? | yes |
| Our culture driven predisposition/preunderstanding is called _______ ________. | cultural baggage |
| Your ________ ________ is also a central element in your cultural world. | family background |
| Christians need to be aware that their ________ _________ and ______________ setting affect how they read the Bible. | family backgroud, socioeconomic |
| Do all of us tend to be influenced by our culture subconciously? | yes |
| What are the two types of contexts we have studied? | historical cultural context and literary context |
| What does the French word Genre mean? | form or kind |
| What determines meaning in biblical interpretation? | context |
| What does surrounding context refer to? | the texts that surround the passage you are studying |
| In the circle diagram representing various contexts around a passage, if the circle is closer to the center does it have a greater influence? | yes |
| How can you make the Bible say anything you want? | disregard the literary context |
| Who is famous for scripture twisting or taking scripture out of context? | cults |
| Were chaper and verse divisions included in original documents of Scripture? | no |
| Who divinely inspired the biblical writers to connect their words, sentences, and paragraphs into a literary whole? | the Holy Spirit |
| Is the aim of word study "to try to understand as precisely as possible what the author was trying to convey by his use of this word in this context." | yes |
| Do we determine meaning of biblical words or discover what the biblical writer meant when he used a particular word? | discover what the biblical writer meant when he used a particular word |
| What were the original Biblical languages? | Hebrew and Greek |
| What are the four guidlines for helping chose words to study? | Look for repeated words, look for figures of speech, look for words crucial to the passage, and look for words that are unclear, puzzling, or difficult |
| What fallacy occurs when you base your word study on the English word rather than the underlying Greek or Hebrew? | The English-Only Fallacy |
| What fallacy occurs when you base your word study on the original root of a word? | the root fallacy |
| What is the semantic range of a word? | a list of all the possible meanings of a word |
| What is used to locate original Hebrew or Greek words? | a concordance |
| The Old Testament was written in _________ and the New Testament was written in ________. | Hebrew, Greek |
| In Israel, what did engagements frequently take place before? | puberty |
| What was the normal age for an engagement? | 13 |
| What angel announced the birth of John and Jesus? | Gabriel |
| After Mary was visited by the angel, what is the first thing that she did? | went to visit Elizabeth |
| What was John the Baptist filled with from birth? | the Holy Spirit |
| Who were John the Baptist's parents? | Zechariah and Elizabeth |
| When Elizabeth heard Mary's voice, what happened? | John jumped in her womb and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit |
| Did Joseph consider divorcing Mary | yes |
| In first-century Judaism an engagement was a legally binding ______ between man and woman. | contract |
| During engagement, what were they considered even though the marriage ceremony hadn't taken place? | husband and wife |
| Joseph and Mary traveled from ________ to ________. | Nazareth, Bethlehem |
| How many miles was the distance that Joseph and Mary traveled? | 85-90 |
| How long did the trip take? | 5-6 days |
| Who did the angels announce the birth of Jesus to first? | shepherds |
| What was the significance of the angels announcing the birth of Jesus to shepherds first? | The shepherds were outcasts and despised |
| What months were shepherds usually tending their sheep between? | March and November |
| Jesus was probably how old when the wise men visited him? | 2 years old |
| Knowing the historical cultural background makes the Bible come alive with ________ and ________. | power, relevance |
| Why was Vashti removed from being queen? | She refused to appear before the king when he called |
| How did Mordecai save the king's life? | He uncovered a plot to kill the king |
| Why was Esther's family in Persia? | the Diaspora |
| How did Haman die? | He was hanged on the gallows intended for Mordecai |
| Who inherited Haman's estate? | Mordecai |
| What are different types of literary genres in the Bible? | narrative, law, poetry, prophecy, wisdom, gospel, history, letters, and apocalyptic literature |
| What is a false or mistaken idea? | a fallacy |
| What fallacy occurs when we latch onto a late word meaning (popular in our time) and put it into the Bible? | the time frame fallacy |
| What fallacy occurs when we think a word will include all of its meanings every time it is used? | the overload fallacy |
| What fallacy occurs when we cite the evidence that supports our favorite interpretation or when we dismiss evidence that seems to argue against our view? | the selective evidence fallacy |
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