Revision as of 2014 April
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BI101 Introducing Biblical Interpretation: Contexts and Resources
Course Details
Trainer: Dr. Mike Heiser
A Logos m.Ed training course included in the Bible and Doctrine Foundations Bundle
Reading List
BI101 Introducing Biblical Interpretation: Contexts and Resources April 2014
- Title Page
- Syllabus
- Introduction to the Course
- Unit 1 Obstacles to Interpretation
- S1 Introduction: Meaning Is Not Self-Evident
- S2 Obstacle #1: Presuppositions
- S3 Obstacle #2: The Author
- S4 Obstacle #3: The Reader
- S5 Obstacle #4: The Medium
- S6 Obstacle #5: The Meaning
- S7 Obstacle #6: Translation
- S8 Obstacle #7: Precedent
- S9 Obstacle #8: Context
- S10 Obstacle #9: Relevance
- S11 Obstacle #10: Validation
- Unit 1 Quiz
- Unit 2 Seeing the Bible in Context
- S12 Reading Isn’t Seeing
- S13 Three Biblical Contexts
- Unit 2 Quiz
- Unit 3 Worldview Context
- S14 Introduction to Worldview Context
- S15 The Historical Context
- S16 The Cultural Context
- S17 The Religious Context
- S18 Tools for Worldview Context
- S19 Primary Sources
- S20 Finding English Translations of Ancient Texts
- S21 Reference Works
- S22 Using Reference Works to Study Ancient Background Context
- S23 Academic Monographs
- S24 Monographs for Studying Ancient Background Context
- S25 Bible Commentaries
- S26 Devotional or Popular Commentaries
- S27 Expositional Commentaries
- S28 Scholarly Commentaries
- S29 Illustrating Different Types of Commentaries
- S30 Journal Articles
- S31 Finding Scholarly Journals in Logos
- S32 Software
- S33 Logos 5 Tools for Background Research
- S34 Online Resources
- S35 Using Online Resources for Biblical Interpretation
- Unit 3 Quiz
- Midterm Exam
- Unit 4 Literary Context
- S36 Introduction to Literary Context
- S37 Genre
- S38 Genre Examples
- S39 Old Testament Narrative
- S40 Illustrating Characterization in Old Testament Narrative
- S41 Old Testament Genealogy
- S42 Finding Meaning in Old Testament Genealogies
- S43 Old Testament Legal Texts
- S44 How Literary Genre Informs the Meaning of a Passage
- S45 Psalm Types
- S46 Psalm Interpretation
- S47 Old Testament Wisdom
- S48 Proverbs
- S49 Old Testament Prophecy and Apocalyptic
- S50 Old Testament Prophecy vs. Apocalyptic
- S51 Interpreting Old Testament Prophecy
- S52 The Funeral Dirge Subgenre of Prophecy
- S53 An Example of the Funeral Dirge Subgenre
- S54 The Disputation Subgenre of Prophecy
- S55 An Example of the Disputation Subgenre
- S56 The Lawsuit Subgenre of Prophecy
- S57 An Example of the Lawsuit Subgenre
- S58 The War Oracle Subgenre of Prophecy
- Unit 4a Quiz
- S59 New Testament Narrative
- S60 New Testament Epistle
- S61 Illustrating the Structure of New Testament Letters
- S62 New Testament Hymn
- S63 New Testament Domestic Code
- S64 New Testament Vice/Virtue List
- S65 New Testament Prophecy and Apocalyptic
- S66 New Testament Prophecy vs. Apocalyptic
- S67 New Testament Apocalyptic
- S68 Prophecy Fulfillment: Literalism and Single Intent
- S69 Literalism and Single Intent in Amos 9
- S70 The Adaptation of Amos 9 in Acts 15
- S71 A Non-Literal Understanding of Amos 9
- S72 Prophecy Fulfillment and Sensus Plenior
- S73 The Analogical Fulfillment of Prophecy
- S74 The “Already but Not Yet” Fulfillment of Prophecy
- S75 Literary Devices
- S76 The Acrostic as a Literary Device
- S77 How Acrostics Work
- S78 Chiasm as a Literary Device
- S79 Examples of Chiastic Structure
- S80 Gematria as a Literary Device
- S81 Hyperbole as a Literary Device
- S82 Imagery as a Literary Device
- S83 Metaphor as a Literary Device
- S84 The Importance of Context for Understanding Metaphors
- S85 Merism as a Literary Device
- S86 Poetic Parallelism
- S87 Simile as a Literary Device
- S88 Typology as a Literary Device
- Unit 4b Quiz
- Unit 5 Linguistic Context
- S89 Introduction to Linguistic Context
- S90 Word Level
- S91 How to Work at the Word Level
- S92 Detecting the Form
- S93 How to Detect the Original Language Form (Morphology) of Words
- S94 Determining Word Relationships
- S95 Detecting and Using Word Relationships in Interpretation
- S96 Detecting Semantic Range
- S97 Tools for Thinking about the Semantic Range of a Word’s Meaning
- S98 Understanding and Analyzing at the Word Level
- S99 Using Scholarly Commentaries for Word-Level Bible Study
- S100 Context Is King
- S101 Manuscript Divergences
- S102 Finding Original Manuscript Differences behind English Translations
- S103 Understanding Manuscript Divergences: The Text of the Old Testament
- S104 Understanding Manuscript Divergences: The Text of the New Testament
- Unit 5 Quiz
- Application
- S105 The Need for Application
- S106 Individual Application
- S107 Pastoral Application
- Final Exam
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