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Schedule. Date Topic Location 9/18 Lecture - Reading the epistles Friendship Room 9/25 Col 1 Small Classes 10/2 Col 2 Small Classes 10/9 Col 3 Small Classes 10/16 Col 4 Small Classes 10/23 Lecture - Reading the Gospels Friendship Room

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  1. Schedule Date Topic Location 9/18 Lecture - Reading the epistles Friendship Room 9/25 Col 1 Small Classes 10/2 Col 2 Small Classes 10/9 Col 3 Small Classes 10/16 Col 4 Small Classes 10/23 Lecture - Reading the Gospels Friendship Room 10/30 Matt 9:1-8 & Mark 2:3-12, Luke 5:18-26 Small Classes 11/6 Guest Speaker – Fall Feasts of Israel Friendship Room 11/13 Luke 13:18-21, 15:1-7, 18:1-8 Small Classes 11/20 John 1:1-18 Small Classes 11/27 John 6:25-59 Small Classes

  2. How to Read the Bible: Epistles You don’t take the Bible literally, do you?

  3. How to Read the Bible: Epistles You don’t take the Bible literally, do you? Of course….To interpret the Bible literally is to interpret it is as literature. R.C Sproul, Knowing Scripture (Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1977), 48.

  4. Types of Literature in the Bible What kinds of literature are found in the Bible?

  5. Types of Literature in the Bible History Poetry Parables Letters Prophecy Gospels Wisdom Literature

  6. Greco-Roman Letters • Private, informal letters • Public, formal letters John D. Grassmick, “Epistolary Genre: Reading Ancient Letters” in Interpreting the New Testament: Introduction to the Art and Science of Exegesis (ed. D.L. Bock and B.M Fanning; Wheaton: Crossway, 2006), 222-224.

  7. New Testament Letters • Many have both formal and informal components For example: “Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus.(Rom 16:3)” John D. Grassmick, “Epistolary Genre: Reading Ancient Letters” in Interpreting the New Testament: Introduction to the Art and Science of Exegesis (ed. D.L. Bock and B.M Fanning; Wheaton: Crossway, 2006), 222-224, 226.

  8. Mechanics • Authors in the Greco-Roman world often used a secretary. • Evidence for this practice in the NT. For example: “I Tertius, who wrote this letter, greet you in the Lord (Rom 16:22).” “See with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand (Gal 6:11).” John D. Grassmick, “Epistolary Genre: Reading Ancient Letters” in Interpreting the New Testament: Introduction to the Art and Science of Exegesis (ed. D.L. Bock and B.M Fanning; Wheaton: Crossway, 2006), 227.

  9. Structure – Opening • Sender • Recipients • Greeting • Prayer Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places (Eph 1:1-3). John D. Grassmick, “Epistolary Genre: Reading Ancient Letters” in Interpreting the New Testament: Introduction to the Art and Science of Exegesis (ed. D.L. Bock and B.M Fanning; Wheaton: Crossway, 2006), 231-237.

  10. Structure – Opening • Sender • Recipients • Greeting • Prayer Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! (1Peter1:1-3) John D. Grassmick, “Epistolary Genre: Reading Ancient Letters” in Interpreting the New Testament: Introduction to the Art and Science of Exegesis (ed. D.L. Bock and B.M Fanning; Wheaton: Crossway, 2006), 231-237.

  11. Structure – Closing • Personal greeting • Signature • Summary • Exhortation • Blessing, praise John D. Grassmick, “Epistolary Genre: Reading Ancient Letters” in Interpreting the New Testament: Introduction to the Art and Science of Exegesis (ed. D.L. Bock and B.M Fanning; Wheaton: Crossway, 2006), 231-237.

  12. Content and Approach • Authoritative and Loving For example: 1Cor 4:14-21 John D. Grassmick, “Epistolary Genre: Reading Ancient Letters” in Interpreting the New Testament: Introduction to the Art and Science of Exegesis (ed. D.L. Bock and B.M Fanning; Wheaton: Crossway, 2006), 226.

  13. Consider 1Tim 2:8-9 I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling; likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire.

  14. Content and Approach Occasional = written for a specific occasion • Specific recipients • Specific context, situation, issue • Applied, practical theology John D. Grassmick, “Epistolary Genre: Reading Ancient Letters” in Interpreting the New Testament: Introduction to the Art and Science of Exegesis (ed. D.L. Bock and B.M Fanning; Wheaton: Crossway, 2006), 228-229.

  15. Inductive Bible Study • Observation – What does the text say? • Interpretation – What did the text mean to the original readers? • Application – What does it mean for us? Adapted from Roberta Hestenes Using the Bible in Groups (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1983), 57-60.

  16. Background Study • Historical context • Who wrote the letter? • Who received the letter? • What situation or concerns prompted the letter? • Content of the Letter • Read the entire letter • Make an outline • Note the topics & themes • Keep logical units together Gordon D. Fee and Douglas Stuart, How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth (Grand Rapids: Zondervan), 59-62.

  17. Finding the Author’s Purpose Tools • Introductionin your own Bible • Bible study booklets • How to Read the Bible Book by Book by Gordon D. Fee and Douglas Stuart • American Bible Society http://www.americanbible.org/bible-resources

  18. Guidelines for Application • “A text can not mean what it could never have meant to the author or his or her readers” • “Whenever we share common particulars … with the first-century hearers, God’s Word to us is the same as his Word to them.” For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast (Eph 2:8). Gordon D. Fee and Douglas Stuart, How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth (Grand Rapids: Zondervan), 74.

  19. Guidelines for Application What happens when the situations are not comparable? • Find the principle. • Apply that principle to comparable situations. For example 1 Cor 10:23-11:1 – The problem of food sacrificed to idols Gordon D. Fee and Douglas Stuart, How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth (Grand Rapids: Zondervan), 74.

  20. Two good tools Knowing Scripture by R.C. Sproul How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth by Gordon D. Fee and Douglas Stuart Types of Literature in the Bible

  21. Schedule Date Topic Location 9/18 Lecture - Reading the epistles Friendship Room 9/25 Col 1 Small Classes 10/2 Col 2 Small Classes 10/9 Col 3 Small Classes 10/16 Col 4 Small Classes 10/23 Lecture - Reading the Gospels Friendship Room 10/30 Matt 9:1-8 & Mark 2:3-12, Luke 5:18-26 Small Classes 11/6 Guest Speaker – Fall Feasts of Israel Friendship Room 11/13 Luke 13:18-21, 15:1-7, 18:1-8 Small Classes 11/20 John 1:1-18 Small Classes 11/27 John 6:25-59 Small Classes

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