BIBL 501 – BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION – Final Exam

Observing the text in order to establish context must be your primary objective, so let the text itself show you its repeated emphasis.

Reading with a purpose is accomplished by asking questions of the text. You must interrogate the text as a detective would a witness.

Once you objectively see what God is saying, you’ll know how that truth relates to you subjectively.

The purpose for historical books is to communicate the content that you might learn about God and His ways.

Key words are words that are vital to understanding the meaning of the text.

Most references to God the Father, the Son, or the Holy Spirit should be considered key words.

A contrast is an evaluation of things that are different or opposite in the context being viewed.

When you know God’s Word thoroughly, you will not accept a teaching simply because someone has used one or two isolated verses to support that teaching.

Metonymy is a figure of association, when the name of one object or concept is used for that of another to which it is related.