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Exegesis of Scripture

Exegesis of Scripture. Questions to ask the text. Exegesis. Exegesis is learning to ask the right questions of a biblical text. It is also learning the tools that it takes to answer those questions. Questions to ask a passage. 1. Textual Questions 2. Contextual Questions

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Exegesis of Scripture

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  1. Exegesis of Scripture Questions to ask the text

  2. Exegesis • Exegesis is learning to ask the right questions of a biblical text. • It is also learning the tools that it takes to answer those questions. Copyright © 2006 Dennis Bratcher

  3. Questions to ask a passage • 1. Textual Questions • 2. Contextual Questions • 3. Communication Questions • 4. Theological Questions • 5. Application Questions Copyright © 2006 Dennis Bratcher

  4. Questions to ask the passage • Textual Questions • 1. Textual Criticism • 2. Translation • 3. Structure Copyright © 2006 Dennis Bratcher

  5. Questions to ask the passage • Contextual Questions • 1. Historical • 2. Cultural • 3. Literary Copyright © 2006 Dennis Bratcher

  6. 1. Historical Questions • Historical Setting of the text • Time period, internal rulers, significant persons, events, political crises • External rulers, persons, events • Details of author, audience, etc. Copyright © 2006 Dennis Bratcher

  7. 2. Cultural Questions • Social • View of human beings • Birth, education, marriage, death, etc. • What is valued, respected, feared, etc. • Economic situation and practices Copyright © 2006 Dennis Bratcher

  8. 2. Cultural Questions • Religious • Nature of God and relationship with God • Assumptions about the world, creation, cosmos, etc • Nature or worship and assumptions • Other religious influences • Historical influences in religion (covenant, sacrifice, etc.) Copyright © 2006 Dennis Bratcher

  9. 3. Literary Questions (Context) • 1. Macro • place in canon • 2. Immediate • place in the book or section of a book • 3. Historical Context • Setting of the author or tradition Copyright © 2006 Dennis Bratcher

  10. Communication Questions (Literary) • These are normally literary questions that ask questions about the means and methods of communication in the text. Copyright © 2006 Dennis Bratcher

  11. Communication Questions • 1. Form and/or genre • 2. Source and textual echoes • 3. Rhetorical devices • 4. Symbolism, Metaphors, etc. • 5. Syntax • 6. Key Words Copyright © 2006 Dennis Bratcher

  12. Theological questions • 1. Assumed in the passage • 2. Communicated by the passage Copyright © 2006 Dennis Bratcher

  13. Theological Questions • What does the passage say about God? • What does it say about human beings? • What does it say about human relationship with God? Copyright © 2006 Dennis Bratcher

  14. Theological Questions • What does the passage affirm about sin, justice, worship, ethics, etc. • What response does the passage expect from the reader? Copyright © 2006 Dennis Bratcher

  15. Application Questions All application should flow from the communication of the text.

  16. Application Questions • The goal of application is for the text to re-function in our setting in an analogous way to how it functioned in the original setting. • The literary genre of the book and form of the text should guide application. Copyright © 2006 Dennis Bratcher

  17. Application Questions • “A text cannot mean what it never could have meant” • -Fee and Stuart, How to Read the Bible for All It’s Worth. Copyright © 2006 Dennis Bratcher

  18. Application Questions • Things to look for to aid application • 1. Structure in the text • 2. Movement in the text • 3. Conflict and Resolution in the text Copyright © 2006 Dennis Bratcher

  19. Application Questions • 4. The human need or problem in the text • 5. The nature and activity of God in the text • 6. The human response sought or affirmed in the text Copyright © 2006 Dennis Bratcher

  20. Application Questions • 1. Move from human need and problem then to human need and problem now. • 2. Move from the nature and activity of God then to the nature and activity of God now. Copyright © 2006 Dennis Bratcher

  21. Application Questions • 3. Move from the human response sought or affirmed then to the human response sought or affirmed now. Copyright © 2006 Dennis Bratcher

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