I- What is the original meaning of the passage in the past.
A- 1) What is the background of the text ; 2) textual Analysis- what is the original meaning of the text; 3) Source evaluation- who writes the text; 8) Historical assessment: setting, conditions, and circumstances; 4) Identify the nature of the text (Literary; Narrative; Rhetorical.)
B- Locate the meaning of the Text; the social. Historicaland the cultural context or meaning is found in the text itself
II- Establish the connection of the passage to the present generation. 1) Similarities 2) Differences 3) Advantages 4) Disadvantages 5) Promises to keep 6) Any Command or Instructions to be obeyed 7) Warning to watch carefully
III- Bible passage contextualization (culture, customs
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However, based on my experience, an effective Bible interpretation not only tells what the passage mean but it should be able to satisfy the spiritual needs of the people to make them desire God more in their lives. My Bible interpretational method varies because I normally consider my audience spiritual needs, interests and weaknesses to get their attention to listen to God’s truth and benefit from what they will discover about God.
6. How was the Bible usually viewed in your childhood home? If applicable, how did your parents interpret the Bible? Do you interpret the Bible in the same way as they did? If not, what has changed and why? How do you feel about differences in Bible understanding between yourself and others in your family currently?
When I was younger, I did not know the Bible because my mother used to read and pray with using the Roman Catholic guide booklets. So, when I became a Christian, I just read through it and derive my understanding as the passage revealed the meaning in a practical sense and then apply them to my life and circumstances. But my seminary education contributed much to enrich my understanding of the Bible messages following the proper method of
Rhetorical analysis is a way of analyzing material. The goal of rhetorical analysis is to consider several aspects of writing in order to conclude if a specific message was shown in the way the author intended. These aspects include the materials content, the purpose of the material, the authors background, the structure of the material, where and when the material was published, and the topic. The process of rhetorical analysis is mostly based on three pasts: critical read, rhetorical strategies, and persuasive appeals. Critical reading, the first step of rhetorical analysis, is used to understand if the material successfully conveys the message the author intended. To do this you should take the material
The purpose of this assignment is to give you an opportunity to apply some of the critical reading strategies you have evaluated.
1. READING OUTCOME: COMPREHENSION PROCESS WORK: Demonstrate your understanding of the novel by answering the following questions in your journal. Where possible support your ideas with references from the text. Include page numbers for future use.
Explore the ways the writer presents relationships between characters in the text you have studied.
13) The Creation of the World; the Garden of Eden; Adam and Eve; Original Sin; the Fall
Choose passages that speak to you. Consider the parts of the book that made you stop and reflect on what was read. Consider what you may highlight or annotate. Consider the text that may lead to thematic, character, or literary convention analysis. Make connections to the text (text-text, text-self, and text–world). Analyze the style of the text—reflect on elements like symbols, imagery, metaphors, point of view, etc. Apply the different literary critical approaches with which you are familiar.
Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to evaluate texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features
2. Identify the author’s main idea(s). In other words, what is the main point the author is attempting to make about the book?
4. Who was the intended audience? What evidence does the document provide of who the audience is? What is the main point (or the “take away”) that the author wants to convey to his/her audience?
2. Based on the readings from weeks one and two, choose one passage written by one of the authors we’ve read. Identify the author and the title of the work. Then analyze the passage you chose in terms of its significance and historical impact. You should explain why it was chosen, look at the details provided in the passage, and explain in detail what the passage suggests about the work as a whole including its value to American history as well as to American literature.
Then identify the main themes/ideas being compared. E.g. Justice (and the idea) and the noble lie(and idea)
Introduction to the Hebrew Bible has provided me with a critical analysis of the Hebrew Bible and introduced a wide variety of interpretive strategies, including African American, anthropological, feminist, historical-critical, Jewish, and literary perspectives. These approaches were presented by our author’s, L. Juliana M. Claassens, Peter Enns, Walter Brueggemann, and John L. Collins. Each author provides a unique interpretation to help us comprehend how the text is an expression of one’s interpretive understanding. Having said that, the biggest influence has been how I will seek to present Old Testament scriptures more effectively while remembering the context and the audience in which I am presenting. For example, I believe the greatest lessons that I have been reminded of are, the Old Testaments Scriptures from my childhood, which have become a big part of my relationship with God and are based on a childlike faith, which must now grow in the richness of the different interpretations, it is this message that I can apply to life.
Created by Johannes Gutenberg, The Gutenberg Bible was the first mass produced book through the use of a moveable printer. Known for its artistic Latin writing, the Bible only has forty-nine copies remaining, one residing at the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin. The Gutenberg Bible exhibits religious qualities from the message, directly from God, and the original purpose of the creation of the Bible.
There were at least 3 views of how the Old Testament was composed which include the critical view, the compositional view, and the common view. Each view was somewhat similar and different in the aspects that gave it it's own characteristics. The main point of this discussion is to focus on the similarities and differences of each view which are but not limited to how the bible was created, the process, and design.
Biblical Interpretation is important and necessary so that we can understand what the text is saying, what the intended theological message is, and how to personally apply and teach these Scriptural truths to carry forward the Gospel in rescuing others from despair and death to hope and life, thus displaying His glory and growing His Kingdom. It is about finding what God is revealing about Himself and His Son Jesus Christ. Moreover, it is for us to know that God desires to have a relationship with us and for us to be set apart in a covenant relationship with Him to display holy lives that bring Him glory. Interpretation, using hermeneutical principles, help guide us in proper boundaries for interpreting Scripture so that we can reveal the intended meaning of the text. Without this, we run the risk of imposing our own ideas on the text, therefore misinterpreting. Misinterpreting can cause us to miss theological truths, administer the wrong application, and neglect or overlook the meaning of the text which weakens the impact of God’s truth in our personal lives as well as others we are teaching.