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Getting all we can from Scripture Session 4 Consider the genre

Learn about the seven disciplines that help us read God's ideas out of the biblical text, with a focus on genre considerations. Prepare your heart, consider the context, author's situation, and genre to gain deeper insight into Scripture.

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Getting all we can from Scripture Session 4 Consider the genre

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  1. Men’sBibleStudy at Park View April 28, 2015 Gettingallwecanfrom ScriptureSession 4Consider the genre

  2. Getting all we can from ScriptureSeven disciplines that help us read God's ideas out of the biblical text (ratherthanreadourideasintothetext)

  3. Getting all we can from ScriptureSeven disciplines that help us read God's ideas out of the biblical text (ratherthanreadourideasintothetext)Discipline #1 - Prepare your heart

  4. Getting all we can from ScriptureSeven disciplines that help us read God's ideas out of the biblical text (ratherthanreadourideasintothetext)Discipline #1 - Prepare your heart Discipline #2 - Consider the context

  5. Getting all we can from ScriptureSeven disciplines that help us read God's ideas out of the biblical text (ratherthanreadourideasintothetext)Discipline #1 - Prepare your heart Discipline #2 - Consider the contextDiscipline #3 - Consider the author’s situation

  6. Discipline #4 - Consider the genre

  7. Discipline #4 - Consider the genreDo expectations the original audience had as they read biblical poetry, narrative, etc. guide us as we read such genre?

  8. Genre of Poetry

  9. Genre of PoetryOnly seven OT books contain no poetry

  10. Genre of PoetryOnly seven OT books contain no poetryExpectations as we approach Hebrew poetry:

  11. Genre of PoetryOnly seven OT books contain no poetryExpectations as we approach Hebrew poetry:• We learn to appreciate parallelism

  12. Psalm 1:1-2,6 -Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers,but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night.For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.

  13. • A lot might be said in a few words

  14. • A lot might be said in a few wordsPs. 23:1

  15. • A lot might be said in a few wordsPs. 23:1 through skipping conjunctions

  16. • A lot might be said in a few wordsPs. 23:1 through skipping conjunctions “(Since) the Lord is my shepherd, (therefore) I shall not be in want.”

  17. • A lot might be said in a few wordsPs. 23:1 through skipping conjunctions “(Since) the Lord is my shepherd, (therefore) I shall not be in want.” through using imagery

  18. • A lot might be said in a few wordsPs. 23:1 through skipping conjunctions “(Since) the Lord is my shepherd, (therefore) I shall not be in want.” through using imagery The Psalms require a slower pace of reading

  19. Psalm 131:2 But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.

  20. • It tends to convey emotion rather than fact

  21. • It tends to convey emotion rather than factPsalm 139:15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.

  22. • It tends to convey emotion rather than factPsalm 139:15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.Psalm 91:9-10

  23. • It tends to convey emotion rather than factPsalm 139:15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.Psalm 91:9-10If you make the Most High your dwelling—even the Lord, who is my refuge—then no harm will befall you

  24. The Psalms teach us to bring all our emotions, both positive and negative, to God.

  25. The Psalms teach us to bring all our emotions, both positive and negative, to God.Psalm 13:1 How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

  26. Genre of Narrative

  27. Genre of NarrativeOver 40 percent of the Bible is historical narrative

  28. Genre of NarrativeOver 40 percent of the Bible is historical narrativeExpectations as we approach Biblical narratives:

  29. Genre of NarrativeOver 40 percent of the Bible is historical narrativeExpectations as we approach Biblical narratives:• They give witness to God’s acts in history!

  30. Genre of NarrativeOver 40 percent of the Bible is historical narrativeExpectations as we approach Biblical narratives:• They give witness to God’s acts in history!

  31. • We should go slow in basing our life and doctrine on them

  32. • We should go slow in basing our life and doctrine on themeg. Acts 2:4; 10:46; 19:6.

  33. • We should go slow in basing our life and doctrine on themeg. Acts 2:4; 10:46; 19:6. Also 8:14-18

  34. • We should go slow in basing our life and doctrine on themeg. Acts 2:4; 10:46; 19:6. Also 8:14-18The way God’s people are to live can change over the course of redemptive history

  35. • hyperbole is common in them

  36. • hyperbole is common in themExodus 9:6 - “All the livestock of the Egyptians died”

  37. • hyperbole is common in themExodus 9:6 - “All the livestock of the Egyptians died”compare vv20-21

  38. • hyperbole is common in themExodus 9:6 - “All the livestock of the Egyptians died”compare vv20-21; 11:5

  39. Genre of Wisdom Sayings

  40. Genre of Wisdom SayingsExpectation as we approach wisdom sayings:

  41. Genre of Wisdom SayingsExpectation as we approach wisdom sayings:• A proverb does not guarantee what will happen when one chooses a certain course of action, but describes what is likely to happen

  42. Genre of Wisdom SayingsExpectation as we approach wisdom sayings:• A proverb does not guarantee what will happen when one chooses a certain course of action, but describes what is likely to happeneg. Prov. 11:25

  43. Genre of Wisdom SayingsExpectation as we approach wisdom sayings:• A proverb does not guarantee what will happen when one chooses a certain course of action, but describes what is likely to happeneg. Prov. 11:25; 16:3

  44. Genre of Prophecy

  45. Genre of ProphecyExpectation as we approach prophetic sayings:

  46. Genre of ProphecyExpectation as we approach prophetic sayings:• Concrete images abound, rather than abstract concepts

  47. Genre of ProphecyExpectation as we approach prophetic sayings:• Concrete images abound, rather than abstract conceptsIsaiah 65:25 - The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but dust will be the serpent's food. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain," says the LORD.

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