1. Introduction toThe Tools and Technology OfUnderstanding the Bible! 2. THE NEED FOR AN INTERPRETER: Acts 8: 30 – 35 “Do you understand what you are reading?“How can…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Notes on Fantasy Theme, Narrative, and Pentadic Approaches to Criticism John A. Cagle Slide 3 Ch. 5 Fantasy-Theme Criticism The fantasy-theme method of rhetorical…

Slide 1 Did God invent the covenant? Toward an Old Testament hermeneutic Slide 2 Popular Biblical hermeneutics Reads the Bible and thinks about it in linear. Assumes that…

Slide 1 © Diocese of Guildford 2011 The Bible - so what Session 5 The Bible – so what? Slide 2 © Diocese of Guildford 2011 The Bible - so what Session 5 Bible – so…

Narrative/Literary Criticism A Focus on the Text The Discipline of Lit Crit 1940âs - New Criticism Previously focus on background information literary work as autonomous…

A GUIDE A GUIDE TO BIBLICAL EXEGESIS By Mark McEntire Belmont University School of Religion A GUIDE TO BIBLICAL EXEGESIS CONTENTS PART I: INTRODUCTORY ISSUES Chapter 1: Introduction…