The Interpretive Journey

Question 1

What is STEP 1 of the Interpretive Journey?

Answer 1

STEP 1: Grasping the Text in Their Town

Question 2

STEP 1: Grasping the Text in their town

Question: “What did the text mean to the ________ audience?

Answer 2

Biblical (p. 33)

Question 3

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.

Answer 3

Then & there
Real-time
(P. 33)

Question 4

STEP 1: Grasping the Text in their town

Action step: Summarize the message to the original recipients using ‘____ _____’ language.

Answer 4

Past tense (p. 33)

Question 5

What is STEP 2 of the Interpretive Journey?

Answer 5

STEP 2: Measuring the Width of the River

Question 6

STEP 2: Measuring the Width of the River

Question: “What are the ______ between the biblical audience and us?”

Answer 6

Differences (p. 33)

Question 7

STEP 2: Measuring the Width of the River

This can be determined by ______, _____, and _____, (clue: all start w/ “C”)

Answer 7

Culture, customs, circumstances (p. 33)

Question 8

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)

Answer 8

Historical, cultural, linguistic, philosophical (p. 33)

Question 9

What is STEP 3 in the Interpretive Journey?

Answer 9

STEP 3: Crossing the Principlizing Bridge

Question 10

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?

Answer 10

Theological (p. 33)

Question 11

STEP 3: Crossing the Principlizing Bridge

Understanding the differences, identify a principle that is:

• _____ than just specific context
• from the _____
• ______
• not _____ bound
• supported by ______

Answer 11

• broader than just specific context
• from the text
• timeless
• not culturally bound
• supported by Scripture

Question 12

STEP 3: Crossing the Principlizing Bridge

Action step: State the principle in ‘ ____ _____’

Answer 12

Present tense

Question 13

What is STEP 4 of the Interpretive Journey?

Answer 13

STEP 4: Consult the Biblical Map

Question 14

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?

Answer 14

Rest, scripture

Question 15

What is STEP 5 of the Interpretive Journey?

Answer 15

STEP 5: Grasping the Text in Our Town

Question 16

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 ___-___.

Answer 16

Truth, real-time

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Real life

Parallel, current

Question 18

This refers to the unconscious understanding of language & culture that is innate w/in all who are part of a single language & culture

Answer 18

Spontaneous Understanding

Question 19

The Obstacles: the gaps in our spontaneous understanding

1. Caused by the fact that we are widely separated in time and historical experience from the original writers & readers.

Answer 19

Historical Gap (time & situation)

Question 20

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.

Answer 20

Cultural gap

We are like GOLDFISH in a bowl of our time trying to look at goldfish in another bowl of biblical times/culture.

Question 21

The Obstacles: the gaps in our spontaneous understanding

This block is the language gap. (Ex: difference in idioms & other expressions)

Answer 21

Linguistic Gap

Question 22

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.

Answer 22

Philosophical Gap