Lesson 12 - The Grammatical-historical Method (Part 2) - Book Review

Question 1

1. To establish context, we first consider the ____________, for as we have seen the relevance of a statement can be ___________ by whether it is under the old _____________ or the new. Next, we considered the _________, including such things as its purpose, theme, __________, audience, date, special features or issues, ____________ of content, key verses, and special ___________________ or contributions.

Answer 1

testament 
affected 
covenant 
book 
author 
outline 
characteristics

Question 2

2. After we have a good understanding of the book, then we are ready to consider the ____________, including how it fits into the _________ of the book and its particular ___________ in that scheme.

Answer 2

passage
plan
purpose

Question 3

3. The next unit of context is the ____________, which combines individual words and __________ into a coherent _________.

Answer 3

sentence
phrases
whole

Question 4

4. While context is extremely important, we cannot _________ the significance or ______________ of a passage to its ___________ context. Jesus and the apostles extracted ___________ and significance from various Old Testament __________ and applied them to new contexts.

Answer 4

limit 
application 
original 
principles 
stories

Question 5

5. It is important to study the _______ _________ of a passage. In doing so, we should seek the basic, customary ____________ of the words in the original _____________ and culture.

Answer 5

key words
definition
language

Question 6

6. Major doctrinal issues usually cannot be ___________ by a simple appeal to __________ or word definition because they involve an interaction of _____________ passages.

Answer 6

resolved
grammar
multiple

Question 7

7. We should also look at the total _____________ context of Scripture to make sure that our _________________ harmonises with the rest of the scriptural teaching on a certain ___________.

Answer 7

theological
interpretation
subject

Question 8

8. When we have ___________ grammatically possible interpretations, we should choose one that is _____________ both with the context and with the whole of _____________.

Answer 8

several
consistent
Scripture