Inductive Bible study : observation, interpretation, and application through the lenses of history, literature, and theology /
"Inductive Bible study is a practical, relevant, and time-tested approach to interpreting Scripture. This volume incorporates insights from contemporary evangelical hermeneutics into an approachable, step-by-step process moving from observation through interpretation and on to the application o...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Nashville, Tennessee :
B & H Academic,
[2016]
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Authors' preface
- Unit I: introduction: sizing up the task
- The task of Bible interpretation: bridging the gaps
- Inductive Bible study: a step-by-step approach
- Unit II: observation: engaging the text
- Comparing Bible translations: translations as tools of observation
- Asking the right questions of the text: listening actively to the text
- Reading with discernment: determining significant terms
- Having eyes to see: observing literary features
- Determining literary units: basic discourse analysis
- Unit III: interpretation: investigating the text
- Considering the context: historical, literary, and theological kinds of context
- Interpretive correlation: comparing scripture with scripture
- Discovering the meaning of words and phrases: lexical and contextual analysis
- Thematic correlation: synthesizing motifs for topical study
- Consultation: using research tools to enhance our study of the text
- Unit IV: application: acting on the text
- Establishing relevance and legitimacy: assessing the text's applicability to us today
- Appropriating the meaning: living out the text in our world
- Doing theology: the outflow of an inductive approach to scripture.
