1. Review for Exam Elder Walter L. Amos Jr. Elder Duane Lewis
HEREMENEUTICS
Review for Exam
Elder Walter L. Amos Jr.
Elder Duane Lewis

2. Introduction - Review Exhaustive Concordance Truths about the Bible
Key Steps in Studying the Bible
Analytical Methods of Bible study
Facts
Conclusions
Key definitions

3. Early Topics - Review Bible Translations Pre-suppositions
Hermeneutic Approaches
Key definitions

4. Bible Translations
Goal is to accurately reproduce the meaning of the original Greek text into the receptor language
Translators Philosophy of Translation will Effect How He Translates
Formal (literal or word-for-word)
Functional (thought-for-thought)
Comparison Sequence
FORMAL
FUNCTIONAL
NASB
KJV
NIV
NLT
MSG

5. Additional Topics - Review
Paragraph Summaries
Hermeneutic Approaches
Key definitions

6. Paragraph Summaries Find the transition in paragraph thought
Separate passage into respective paragraphs
Give brief paragraph description
13 words or less
Compare paragraph breaks to other translations

7. Literary Techniques - Review
Literary Analysis:
Sentences
Paragraphs
Five Things to look for
Connectors
Key definitions

8. Literary Context
Literary context is the material before and after the item you are studying (word, paragraph, etc.)
When you take a message out of context you’re not teaching the intended meaning of the passage
A paragraph develops a theme

9. Semantic Range
The list of all the possible meanings for a particular word
Determine the singular meaning by it’s context
Trunk
Elephant
Car
Tree
Luggage
Spirit
Holy Spirit
Ghost
Human Spirit
Evil

10. Word Study When studying a word, study the original language word
Two Steps
What does the Greek or Hebrew word mean?
List semantic range
Lookup the verses that show that nuance
Give a brief definition for each nuance
Compare nuances
Replace word with the best nuance or keep word

11. Historical/Cultural - Review
Historical-Cultural Context
Biblical Research
Key definitions

12. Historical-Cultural Context
Why Bother With Historical-Cultural Context?
We believe that the way to approach the Bible (i.e., the way we listen to God) should match how God gave us the Bible (i.e., the way God chose to speak).
Since God spoke his message in specific, historical situations (i.e., to people living in particular places, speaking particular languages, adopting a particular way of life), we should take the ancient historical-cultural situation seriously.
The author and reader must share the same concept or the reader will not understand what the author is trying to say. Sometimes there are personal situations of the author which often throws light on the meaning of a passage (Page 91)

13. Historical-Cultural Context
How to Research
The Biblical Writer
What is the writer’s background?
Where does he come from?
When does he write?
What kind of ministry does he have?
What is his relationship with the people he addresses?
Why is he writing?

14. Other Topics - Review
Literary Context
Semantic Range
Word Studies

15. Literary Context
The most important aspect of interpretation is literary context
Literary context is the material before and after the item you are studying (word, paragraph, etc.)
When you take a message out of context you’re not teaching the intended meaning of the passage
Read the text like you would read a letter mailed to you
A paragraph develops a theme

16. Nuance Definition nu·ance Function: a subtle distinction or variation
noun
a subtle distinction or variation

17. Word Study When studying a word, study the original language word
Two Steps
What does the Greek word mean?
List semantic range
Lookup the verses that show that nuance
Give a brief definition for each nuance
Compare nuances
Replace word with the best nuance or keep word

18. Figures of Speech - Review
Figures of Speech involving Comparison
Simile
Metaphor
Hypocatastasi

19. Figures of Speech Figures of Speech involving Overstatement
Hyperbole
Overstatement
Irony
Figures of Speech involving Substitution
Synecdoche
Personification
Anthropomorphism
Euphemism

20. Application - Review To whom does it apply? In What Situations?
General
(Wide)
Specific
(Narrow)
Paul Philippians 1st Century All All
Only Only Believers Believers People
In prison Trying Situations Any Situation
Missionary Work
As an Apostle

21. Application
An application will not have significance apart from its original meaning
Be more specific with your application

22. Five Steps of Application
Application should be legitimately derived from the Big idea as a whole, or from its smaller points
Application should be specific and pointed
An Application should be presented as something for “us,” not just for “you.”
Applications can be greatly enhanced by the use of an application grid
Applications should not promise more than the Bible