Lesson 1

Question 1

Why study the Bible?

Answer 1

1.) To thrive
2.) Spiritual Growth
3.) To know God
4.) To know ourselves and our world

Question 2

What is the macro-narrative of the Bible?

Answer 2

God is redeeming a people for himself.

Question 3

What are the terms of historical context?

Answer 3

Author, setting, and audience

Question 4

What is literary context?

Answer 4

Genre

Question 5

What does the historical context and literary context point to?

Answer 5

Message

Question 6

What is the dual nature of the Bible?

Answer 6

A message for them and for us

Question 7

What is exegesis?

Answer 7

What it meant originally

Question 8

What is hermeneutics?

Answer 8

What its significance to us

Question 9

What is the narrow definition of hermeneutics?

Answer 9

asking questions of a text that relate to today

Question 10

What is historical particularity?

Answer 10

Human words in a certain time and specific place

Question 11

What is faithseeking understanding?

Answer 11

“We believe that we might understand” (Augustine and Anselm)