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Biblical Backgrounds. Biblical Hermeneutics. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17. Terms. Agents.
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Biblical Backgrounds Biblical Hermeneutics All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17
Agents • _________: the Holy Spirit has guided in the writing and His guidance is necessary • _________: man is finite and will never have an absolute understanding of Scripture Divine Human
Tools • Bible Translations • New American Standard(NASB) • New International Version(NIV) • Amplified(AMP) • New Living Translation(NLT) • Concordance • Strong’s Exhaustive • Young’s Literal • Biblical Encyclopedia • Zondervan’s Pictorial Encyclopedia
Tools(cont) • Bible Dictionary • Holman’s Bible Dictionary • Interpreter’s Bible Dictionary • Handbooks • Halley’s Bible Handbook • Illustrated Guide to Customs & Curiosities • Bible Atlas • Baker Bible Atlas • Holman Bible Atlas • Nelson’s Book of Charts & Maps
Tools(cont) • Commentaries • Devotional • The Communicator’s Commentary • Exegetical • Expositor’s Commentary • New American Commentary • Homiletical (Preaching) • NIV Application Commentary
Tools(cont) • Software • Quickverse • eSword • Bible Gateway • Bible Explorer
Process • Deductive Approach • Begin with a hypothesis and look for evidence • Inductive Approach • Begin with investigative questions and derive a conclusion
6 Key Questions • Who: author, audience, key people • What: keywords, kind of writing, subject matter, is happening or will happen, related passages • When: historical context • Where: location. geography • How: causes and effects • Why: purpose, Why did God want us to have this?
God Wrote A Book All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 God Wrote A Book