Lesson 7 – Principles Of Interpretation (Part 1) – Book Review

Question 1

1. Instead of adapting the Bible’s message to fit our ________________ and desires, we should seek to understand what it says in its ______________ and ____________ context and then apply its message to our ____________.

Answer 1

Preconceptions
historical
cultural
context

Question 2

2. Recent decades have been the rise of __________________, which in its ultimate form holds that there is no such thing as _____________ meaning or absolute _______.

Answer 2

Postmodernism
objective
truth

Question 3

3. Their experience did not lead to a new __________, but they were convinced of a ______ belief from the evidence of the text itself, contrary to their own ___________ and ______________.

Answer 3

Belief
new
theology
experience

Question 4

4. We cannot pretend that, without any self-analysis or ____________, our ________________ reading of the text will directly and automatically leads us to a ___________, objective, timeless meaning of the text.

Answer 4

reflection
commonsense
neutral

Question 5

5. Exegesis is “bringing out of the text the _____________ the writers intended to convey and which their ___________ were expected to __________ from it,” while ______________ is “applying the text and its meaning to men and women today.”

Answer 5

meaning
readers
gather
exposition

Question 6

6. It is probable that, for the purpose of _____________ the New Testament, God gave them (the New Testament writers) __________ insight into the meaning and ________________ of certain Old Testament text.

Answer 6

producing
direct
significance

Question 7

7. In dealing with an individual, God will not ____________ the word that He inspired for _____ people for all time. Nor will He undermine the ___________ and teachers that He has placed in the church for the _____________ of the saints.

Answer 7

contradict
all
pastors
equipping