Final Flashcards
Define Chapter Summary Method:
it involves gaining a general understanding of the contents of a chapter of the Bible by reading it through at least five times, asking a series of content questions, and summarizing the central thoughts of the passage.
Define the Thematic Method of Bible Study:
it involves approaching a biblical theme with a set of not more than five predetermined questions in mind. You then trace the theme. You then trace that theme through the Bible or a single book by asking only those questions, surrounding your conclusions, and writing out a personal application.
Define the Background Method of Bible Study:
it involves gaining a better understanding of the biblical message by researching the background related to the passage, person, event, or topic being studied.
The Chapter Analysis Method of Bible Study
it involves gaining a thorough understanding of the material or a chapter of of a book by looking carefully at each paragraph, sentence, and word in an intensely detailed and systematic manner.
What is a key word?
A Key word is a word the author uses repeatedly in a significant way, or a word which cannot be removed from the text without leaving it devoid of meaning.
Every key word will answer:
Every key word is a who, what, when, where, why, , or how (will answer)
Words of comparison
Expression of time:
Words such as “then” “after this,” “until,” and “when” show timing or sequence of events. They answer the question When?
Words of comparison
Terms of conclusion and result
Words such as “therefore,” “so that,” and “for this reason” indicate that a conclusion or summary is being made or that a result is being stated.
Define cross-reference:
A cross-reference is a reference to another Scripture that supports, illustrates, or amplifies the Scripture you are studying.
Because Scripture will never ______________the best ____________for__________is________________.
Because Scripture will never contradict Scripture, the best interpretation for Scripture is other Scripture.
Define figure of speech:
A figure of speech is a word, a phrase, or an expression used in a figurative rather than a literal sense.
Figures of Speech:
Simile
is an expressed or stated comparison of two different things or ideas that uses the connecting words like, as, such as or the word pair as…so.
Figures of Speech:
Metaphor:
is a implied comparison between two things that are different.
Figures of Speech:
Exaggeration
is also called hyperbole, is a deliberate exaggeration for effect or emphasis.
Figures of Speech
Personification:
In personification an object is given characteristics or attributes that belong to people.
Literary devices:
Parables:
is a story that teaches a moral lesson or truth.
Jesus used parables in His teaching for two reasons:
- to reveal truth to believers
- to hide the truth from those who had rejected it and/or hardened their hearts against it. (Matthew 13:10-17 Mark 4:10-12)
Literary devices:
Allegory:
An allegory is a story with an underlying meaning that differs from the surface facts of the story itself; in other words, it describes one thing by using the image of another.
Literary Expressions:
Types:
A type is a prophetic symbol designated by God.
Know type and anti-type
Adam type; Jesus is the anti-type.
Literary Expression
Symbols:
is a picture or an object that stands for or represents another thing.
Greek Word for Prophecy:
two Greek words:
Define Prophecy:
- propheteia
- pro meaning “forth” and phemi meaning “to speak”.
- Prophecy means to speak forth the mind and counsel of God.
Forthtelling prophecies:
contain a message about the present or immediate time.
Foretelling prophecies:
contain a message about what God will do in the future.
