Apocalyptic Literature pt. 2: Guidelines for Interpretation

Question 1

Guidelines from Robert Guthrie

Study biblical apocalyptic in the light of apocalyptic ways of thinking in the ______ world.

Answer 1

Study biblical apocalyptic in the light of apocalyptic ways of thinking in the ANCIENT world.

Question 2

Guidelines from Robert Guthrie

• Read apocalyptic in view of a context of _____.
• Do not look for something in apocalyptic that it does not _____ to disclose.

Answer 2

• Read apocalyptic in view of a context of CRISIS.

* Do not look for something in apocalyptic that it does not INTEND to disclose.

Question 3

Guidelines from Robert Guthrie

• Keep all options ____ for how apocalyptic predictions will be fulfilled.
• Seek to understand the ___ ____ of an apocalyptic text.

Answer 3

Keep all options OPEN for how apocalyptic predictions will be fulfilled.
• Seek to understand the MAIN POINT of an apocalyptic text.

Question 4

Guidlines from the Textbook

• Read Revelation with ______.
• Try to discover the message to the ______
readers.

Answer 4

• Read Revelation with HUMILITY.
• Try to discover the message to the ORIGINAL
readers.

Question 5

Guidlines from the Textbook

• Don’t try to discover a _____ chronological
map of future events.
• Take Revelation _______, but don’t
always take it LITERALLY.

Answer 5

• Don’t try to discover a STRICT chronological
map of future events.
• Take Revelation SERIOUSLY, but don’t
always take it LITERALLY.

Question 6

Guidlines from the Textbook

• Pay attention when John identifies an ____.
• Look to the Old Testament and historical
context when ________ images and
symbols.

Answer 6

• Pay attention when John identifies an IMAGE.
• Look to the Old Testament and historical
context when INTERPRETING images and
symbols.

Question 7

Guidlines from the Textbook

Above all, focus on the ____ idea and don’t
press the details.

Answer 7

Above all, focus on the MAIN idea and don’t

press the details.

Question 8

Hermeneutical Principles (Grant Osborne)

1. Note the ____ of literature.
2. Note the _________ of the passage.
3. Note the __________ of the passage or book.

Answer 8

1. Note the TYPE of literature.
2. Note the PERSPECTIVE of the passage.
3. Note the STRUCTURE of the passage or book.

Question 9

Hermeneutical Principles (Grant Osborne)

4. Note the ______ and meaning of the symbols.
5. ______ the theological and note the predictive with _________.

Answer 9

4. Note the FUNCTION and meaning of the symbols.

5. STRESS the theological and note the predictive with HUMILITY.