This document provides an overview of the basics of biblical study. It discusses the following key points:
1. The importance of praying for illumination from the Holy Spirit when studying scripture.
2. Reading the entire Bible to understand the overarching narrative and themes.
3. Understanding the context of the specific book and passage being studied, including historical background.
4. Applying principles of exegesis like examining the grammatical context and seeking the author's original intent.
5. Recommending tools like concordances, dictionaries, parallel Bibles, study Bibles and commentaries to aid study.
How to study the bible - Pastor Joseph V. TheluscaClint Brown
Power Point Presentation on the various ways to read and study the bible by Pastor Joseph V. Thelusca of the Seventh-day Adventist Church of the Oranges.
Biblical literacy is more than just reading the Bible- it is also about reading the Bible for all it is worth! This workshop will unpack a simple and practical for-part method for group Bible study that will enliven, enrich and transform how you and your study group encounter the Bible. The Bible will never be the same!
An Introduction to Biblical Interpretation (Effective Bible Study)roberthatfield
While reading the Bible answers the question, "What does the Bible say?," interpreting the Bible answers the question, "What does the Bible mean by what it says?"
Presented at the North Charleston church of Christ | http://northcharlestonchurchofchrist.com
How to study the bible - Pastor Joseph V. TheluscaClint Brown
Power Point Presentation on the various ways to read and study the bible by Pastor Joseph V. Thelusca of the Seventh-day Adventist Church of the Oranges.
Biblical literacy is more than just reading the Bible- it is also about reading the Bible for all it is worth! This workshop will unpack a simple and practical for-part method for group Bible study that will enliven, enrich and transform how you and your study group encounter the Bible. The Bible will never be the same!
An Introduction to Biblical Interpretation (Effective Bible Study)roberthatfield
While reading the Bible answers the question, "What does the Bible say?," interpreting the Bible answers the question, "What does the Bible mean by what it says?"
Presented at the North Charleston church of Christ | http://northcharlestonchurchofchrist.com
How to study the bible and lead a bible studyUSF BCM
This is how to use the HEAR method to study the Bible and how to develop good questions for leading a Bible Study - adapted from Gus Hernandez Jr. Notes can be found here; https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0EOVdFxB_cGanBGYXFSSUNxVEU/edit?usp=sharing
The final two foundations of Bible study are meditating on the Bible, and teaching the Bible. These two disciplines and duties will aid your understanding of God’s word in wonderful ways.
Presented at the North Charleston church of Christ | http://northcharlestonchurchofchrist.com
The holy Bible is not only a sacred book but also it's interrelated and deals with actual human history. It's the collection of sacred scriptures written at different times by different authors in different location. But, the meaning is same in each one. All scriptural truth comes from God the Father through Jesus Christ. So in order to properly understand the scriptures, you should follow the rules for Bible study. Here know the detailed keys and rules.
Exegesis means to bring out the meaning of a text as it was intended by the original author. It is the right and the obligation of every person to determine the meaning of the inspired text. How do we do that?
Presented at the North Charleston church of Christ | http://northcharlestonchurchofchrist.com
This is lesson 1 from a 12 week course in Hermeneutics that I am teaching at Brookwood U. For more information, go to: www.brookwoodchurch.org/brookwoodu
Bible King James Version with Concise Commentaries.pdfhide46
It is a Bible with concise commentaries which are series of notes explaining of passages of scripture. They may explain the language used in the section of text or they may explain the historical background of it. Since it is written by human authors, it reflects their beliefs and perspectives.
Commentaries are widely used in personal Bible study. One caution concerning Bible commentaries is that they should not be used instead of personal study; rather, they are designed to use in addition to personal study. Since commentary itself is not scripture, it's important to the reader to weight what he reads against other sources, as well as his Spirit led analysis. As the product of fallible people, commentaries are not necessarily correct in every word. Hence, trust only the word of God.
New Testament with Concise Commentaries KJV.pdfhide46
It is a Bible with concise commentaries which are series of notes explaining of passages of scripture. They may explain the language used in the section of text or they may explain the historical background of it. Since it is written by human authors, it reflects their beliefs and perspectives.
Commentaries are widely used in personal Bible study. One caution concerning Bible commentaries is that they should not be used instead of personal study; rather, they are designed to use in addition to personal study. Since commentary itself is not scripture, it's important to the reader to weight what he reads against other sources, as well as his Spirit led analysis. As the product of fallible people, commentaries are not necessarily correct in every word. Hence, trust only the word of God.
How to study the bible and lead a bible studyUSF BCM
This is how to use the HEAR method to study the Bible and how to develop good questions for leading a Bible Study - adapted from Gus Hernandez Jr. Notes can be found here; https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0EOVdFxB_cGanBGYXFSSUNxVEU/edit?usp=sharing
The final two foundations of Bible study are meditating on the Bible, and teaching the Bible. These two disciplines and duties will aid your understanding of God’s word in wonderful ways.
Presented at the North Charleston church of Christ | http://northcharlestonchurchofchrist.com
The holy Bible is not only a sacred book but also it's interrelated and deals with actual human history. It's the collection of sacred scriptures written at different times by different authors in different location. But, the meaning is same in each one. All scriptural truth comes from God the Father through Jesus Christ. So in order to properly understand the scriptures, you should follow the rules for Bible study. Here know the detailed keys and rules.
Exegesis means to bring out the meaning of a text as it was intended by the original author. It is the right and the obligation of every person to determine the meaning of the inspired text. How do we do that?
Presented at the North Charleston church of Christ | http://northcharlestonchurchofchrist.com
This is lesson 1 from a 12 week course in Hermeneutics that I am teaching at Brookwood U. For more information, go to: www.brookwoodchurch.org/brookwoodu
Bible King James Version with Concise Commentaries.pdfhide46
It is a Bible with concise commentaries which are series of notes explaining of passages of scripture. They may explain the language used in the section of text or they may explain the historical background of it. Since it is written by human authors, it reflects their beliefs and perspectives.
Commentaries are widely used in personal Bible study. One caution concerning Bible commentaries is that they should not be used instead of personal study; rather, they are designed to use in addition to personal study. Since commentary itself is not scripture, it's important to the reader to weight what he reads against other sources, as well as his Spirit led analysis. As the product of fallible people, commentaries are not necessarily correct in every word. Hence, trust only the word of God.
New Testament with Concise Commentaries KJV.pdfhide46
It is a Bible with concise commentaries which are series of notes explaining of passages of scripture. They may explain the language used in the section of text or they may explain the historical background of it. Since it is written by human authors, it reflects their beliefs and perspectives.
Commentaries are widely used in personal Bible study. One caution concerning Bible commentaries is that they should not be used instead of personal study; rather, they are designed to use in addition to personal study. Since commentary itself is not scripture, it's important to the reader to weight what he reads against other sources, as well as his Spirit led analysis. As the product of fallible people, commentaries are not necessarily correct in every word. Hence, trust only the word of God.
The fact is a very few people know that the Bible was originally written in Hebrew or Greek language. So to make other language speakers understand and read the holy Bible, interpreters started interpreting it. Interpreting literally means just to translate, but here some principles are involved to translate it as much accurate as possible. You should better know what are these principles. Check the slides here to grasp the principles quickly.
The PBHP DYC ~ Reflections on The Dhamma (English).pptxOH TEIK BIN
A PowerPoint Presentation based on the Dhamma Reflections for the PBHP DYC for the years 1993 – 2012. To motivate and inspire DYC members to keep on practicing the Dhamma and to do the meritorious deed of Dhammaduta work.
The texts are in English.
For the Video with audio narration, comments and texts in English, please check out the Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF2g_43NEa0
The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile.
The Chakra System in our body - A Portal to Interdimensional Consciousness.pptxBharat Technology
each chakra is studied in greater detail, several steps have been included to
strengthen your personal intention to open each chakra more fully. These are designed
to draw forth the highest benefit for your spiritual growth.
In Jude 17-23 Jude shifts from piling up examples of false teachers from the Old Testament to a series of practical exhortations that flow from apostolic instruction. He preserves for us what may well have been part of the apostolic catechism for the first generation of Christ-followers. In these instructions Jude exhorts the believer to deal with 3 different groups of people: scoffers who are "devoid of the Spirit", believers who have come under the influence of scoffers and believers who are so entrenched in false teaching that they need rescue and pose some real spiritual risk for the rescuer. In all of this Jude emphasizes Jesus' call to rescue straying sheep, leaving the 99 safely behind and pursuing the 1.
Homily: The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Sunday 2024.docxJames Knipper
Countless volumes have been written trying to explain the mystery of three persons in one true God, leaving us to resort to metaphors such as the three-leaf clover to try to comprehend the Divinity. Many of us grew up with the quintessential pyramidal Trinity structure of God at the top and Son and Spirit in opposite corners. But what if we looked at this ‘mystery’ from a different perspective? What if we shifted our language of God as a being towards the concept of God as love? What if we focused more on the relationship within the Trinity versus the persons of the Trinity? What if stopped looking at God as a noun…and instead considered God as a verb? Check it out…
The Good News, newsletter for June 2024 is hereNoHo FUMC
Our monthly newsletter is available to read online. We hope you will join us each Sunday in person for our worship service. Make sure to subscribe and follow us on YouTube and social media.
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way.pptxCelso Napoleon
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way
SBs – Sunday Bible School
Adult Bible Lessons 2nd quarter 2024 CPAD
MAGAZINE: THE CAREER THAT IS PROPOSED TO US: The Path of Salvation, Holiness and Perseverance to Reach Heaven
Commentator: Pastor Osiel Gomes
Presentation: Missionary Celso Napoleon
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What Should be the Christian View of Anime?Joe Muraguri
We will learn what Anime is and see what a Christian should consider before watching anime movies? We will also learn a little bit of Shintoism religion and hentai (the craze of internet pornography today).
2. The Basics of Biblical Study
1. Pray
Get in a right place spiritually.
We are going to apply solid
hermeneutical principles, but
we believe that the Holy Spirit
can illuminate the Word of God
to the heart of the believer in a
way that is unique to the Bible.
3. The Basics of Biblical Study
John 16:13-15, NKJV
13 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will
guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own
authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will
tell you things to come. 14 He will glorify Me, for He will
take of what is Mine and declare it to you. 15 All things that
the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take
of Mine and declare it to you.
4. The Basics of Biblical Study
2. Read the Entire Bible Through
We need to understand the big picture, the story of
Creation, the Fall, the work of God to bring man back into
relationship with Himself, and centrality of the cross of
Christ in the Bible. [It’s not about dinosaurs.]
All the sacrifices of the OT anticipate the cross, and
everything in the NT flows from the cross.
5. The Basics of Biblical Study
3. Know the Book in the Bible You Are Reading
If you’re using a Study Bible, read the introduction or the
overview of the book in the Bible you are reading. Who
wrote it? Who were they writing too? What are the
recurring themes? What is the purpose of the book?
It helps to read books as collections from a common
author: Luke-Acts, Paul’s Epistles, Peter’s Epistles, the
Johannine literature, etc.
6. The Basics of Biblical Study
4. Identify the location of your text in the book
Is your passage at the beginning, setting up the book in
general? Is your passage in the conclusion? Does it
contain a central theme in the book? (Study Bibles with an
outlines is helpful.)
For example, an epistle is a letter and generally has an
opening greeting, the main body, and the salutation.
7. The Basics of Biblical Study
5. Consider the Historical Context of your passage.
Get some background on the historical/cultural context of
the book or passage you’re reading. For example, what is
the significance of the City of Corinth? What would the
surrounding culture have been like for believers in the first
century? Or why would the people in Lystra call Barnabas
Zeus and Paul Hermes and try to offer sacrifices to them in
Acts 14?
8. The Basics of Biblical Study
6. Consider the grammatical context of your text.
The complete unit of thought is a paragraph, so a
translation that puts the biblical text in paragraphs rather
than dividing into individual verses is helpful.
The smallest unit of meaning is the sentence. Individual
words find their meaning in the sentence.
9. The Basics of Biblical Study
Sentences for meaning
To illustrate the importance of grammatical context,
consider the following word – bear. What does it mean?
You know the possible definitions, but without context, you
still don’t know that the author means.
Consider the phrase, “bear arms.” What does that mean?
10. The Basics of Biblical Study
Sentences for meaning
Bear arms are really their fore legs,
and not true arms. Though some
say it’s just arbitray names for the
same appendages, whether we call
them arms or legs.
In this case we need the sentence
for context.
11. The Basics of Biblical Study
He said what?
A Greek lexicon or concordance like “Strong’s Concordance”
can be a very valuable tool in your Bible study toolkit; however,
like English words, Greek words can have various meanings, but
the author probably had one intended meaning in mind when
he wrote.
This is known as “authorial intent.” What did the author intend
to say, because that is what we are trying to discover.
12. The Basics of Biblical Study
The Great Debate
Some will argue that authorial intent is not important,
because it is impossible to know what the
author“intended” to say.
Really? God gave us His Word so we can know Him and His
will, so would He gave it to us in a way that we cannot
know what He intended to say? That sounds self-
defeating.
13. The Basics of Biblical Study
Interpretation to Application
Our solid assumption is that what the Holy Spirit inspired
the author to write, is what the Holy Spirit and the author
intended to say.
Once we understand what the author intended to say
(hermeneutics) to the original audience, we discover the
beauty of the Word is God’s ability to make timeless truths
relevant to all generations (exegesis).
14. The Basics of Biblical Study
Hermeneutical approaches:
1. Reader centered –can be subjective
2. Socio-rhetorical – has several layers - Robbins
3. Grammatico-historical – tried and true
4. Devotional – lectio divina – reading, meditating,
praying, and contemplation.
5. Inductive approach – small group friendly
15. The Basics of Biblical Study
Principles of the Inductive Approach – Kay Arthur
1. Remember that context rules
2. Seek the full counsel of the Word
3. Remember – Scripture will never contradict itself
4. Don’t base doctrine on an obscure passage
5. Interpret literally unless it is clearly symbolic
6. Look for the author’s intended meaning
7. Check your conclusions with reliable commentaries.
16. The Basics of Biblical Study
Principles of the Inductive Approach
8. Look for words or phrases that are repeated in a book
or chapter.
9. What word is prominent in Hebrews 11?
10. What word is prominent in 1 Corinthians 13?
11. Why is it important and how does it affect how we
understand a passage of Scripture?
17. Study Helps: Parallel Bible
A parallel Bible has several translations side-by-side.
The benefit is that it gives you nuances of meanings, and
when you see significant differences it tells you the
translators were struggling with a difficult text or with
variations in the Greek, or were trying to interpret a hapax
legomena – a word only used once and the context does
not give any solid hints to the meaning.
18. Study Helps Tools
1. A concordance for the Version you are using, or a good
computer program or app that makes word searches easy.
2. A lexicon (Bible dictionary)
3. A Parallel Bible to compare various versions.
4. A Study Bible that gives introductions and outlines for
each book of the Bible.
5. Old Testament and New Testament Introductions
6. A good one/two-volume commentary
20. Parallel Bible: Numbers 12:12
KJV NIV NASB NKJV
12 And they shall take
all the instruments of
ministry, wherewith
they minister in the
sanctuary, and put
them in a cloth of
blue, and cover them
with a covering of
badgers' skins, and
shall put them on a
bar:
12 “They are to take
all the articles used
for ministering in the
sanctuary, wrap them
in a blue cloth, cover
that with the [NIV
originally had “sea
cows”] durable
leather and put them
on a carrying frame.
12 and they shall take
all the utensils of
service, with which
they serve in the
sanctuary, and put
them in a blue cloth
and cover them with a
covering of porpoise
skin, and put them on
the carrying bars.
12 Then they shall
take all the utensils
of service with which
they minister in the
sanctuary, put them
in a blue cloth, cover
them with a covering
of badger skins, and
put them on a
carrying beam.