The Interpretive Journey Flashcards
What is STEP 1 of the Interpretive Journey?
STEP 1: Grasping the Text in Their Town
STEP 1: Grasping the Text in their town
Question: “What did the text mean to the ________ audience?
Biblical (p. 33)
STEP 1: Grasping the Text in their town
The first questions have to do with the “_____ and _____”.
You want to discover the ___-____ reality of the original audience and to clarify what was said to them.
Then & there
Real-time
(P. 33)
STEP 1: Grasping the Text in their town
Action step: Summarize the message to the original recipients using ‘____ _____’ language.
Past tense (p. 33)
What is STEP 2 of the Interpretive Journey?
STEP 2: Measuring the Width of the River
STEP 2: Measuring the Width of the River
Question: “What are the ______ between the biblical audience and us?”
Differences (p. 33)
STEP 2: Measuring the Width of the River
This can be determined by ______, _____, and _____, (clue: all start w/ “C”)
Culture, customs, circumstances (p. 33)
STEP 2: Measuring the Width of the River
Obstacles included here: ______ gap , ______ gap, ______ gap, and _____ gap.
How similar and different are our worlds/towns (some are shorter, some are farther in distance)
Historical, cultural, linguistic, philosophical (p. 33)
What is STEP 3 in the Interpretive Journey?
STEP 3: Crossing the Principlizing Bridge
STEP 3: Crossing the Principlizing Bridge
Questions: “What is the ______ principle in the text?”
What is the main point that God is trying to get across?
Theological (p. 33)
STEP 3: Crossing the Principlizing Bridge
Understanding the differences, identify a principle that is:
- _____ than just specific context
- from the _____
- ______
- not _____ bound
- supported by ______
- broader than just specific context
- from the text
- timeless
- not culturally bound
- supported by Scripture
STEP 3: Crossing the Principlizing Bridge
Action step: State the principle in ‘ ____ _____’
Present tense
What is STEP 4 of the Interpretive Journey?
STEP 4: Consult the Biblical Map
STEP 4: Consult the Biblical Map
Questions : How does our theological principle fit with the ____ of _____ ?
Do other parts of scripture add insight or correlation to the principle presented?
Rest, scripture
What is STEP 5 of the Interpretive Journey?
STEP 5: Grasping the Text in Our Town
STEP 5: Grasping the Text in Our Town
This last step is focused on grasping the ____ of the text, and applying it to the reader in ___-___.
Truth, real-time
STEP 5: Grasping the Text in Our Town
Action steps: Observe how the principles address the ____ ___ situations of the original readers
Discover _____ situations in our ____ context.
Make your applications practical
Real life
Parallel, current
This refers to the unconscious understanding of language & culture that is innate w/in all who are part of a single language & culture
Spontaneous Understanding
The Obstacles: the gaps in our spontaneous understanding
- Caused by the fact that we are widely separated in time and historical experience from the original writers & readers.
Historical Gap (time & situation)
The Obstacles: the gaps in our spontaneous understanding
Exists because of significant, & in some cases, vast difference between the culture of Ancient Israel and our contemporary NA cultures.
Cultural gap
We are like GOLDFISH in a bowl of our time trying to look at goldfish in another bowl of biblical times/culture.
The Obstacles: the gaps in our spontaneous understanding
This block is the language gap. (Ex: difference in idioms & other expressions)
Linguistic Gap
The Obstacles: the gaps in our spontaneous understanding
We need to understand the similarities & differences in the worldview of a. Israel & her neighbors a.w.a our own modern & post-modern worldview.
Philosophical Gap
