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BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION - Coggle Diagram
BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION
What does it mean?
What was God saying to the original audience?
Pay close attention to words, clauses, sentences paragraphs.
Grasping what God intended it to mean through the text
Context is the most important step to determining the meaning of the passage.
Literary Context
Literary Genre
Narrative
Poetry
History
Prophetic
Epistles
Gospels
Word Studies
Discover meaning of the word before we can know the meaning of the whole passage.
What the author is attempting to convey
Surrounding context
The immediate context. before or after passage of study
Rest of larger section
Rest of book
Rest of Bible
Pre-understanding
cultural
What baggage do I bring to the text?
Foundational beliefs
The Bible is trustworthy
Bible is inerrant
Bible is the word of God
Pre-text Influences
preconceived notions/understanding
Theological agenda
Historical-Cultural Context
Biblical writer/author
Background info
Who was the writer?
Why was he writing?
Economy
polictical
Socio norms/customs
What was his circumstances at the time?
Geographical Location
Maps
Where did event take place?
Biblical original audience
Who was the audience?
Theological Principles
Principle should not be culturally bound
Principle should be relevant to biblical audience and contemporary
Principle should corespond to the teaching of the rest of scripture
The Principle should be timeless
The principle should be reflected in the text