Overview of Assignments: Studying a passage of Scripture

Part 1: Language and Culture

• 1.1 Select An English translation
• 1.2 Two word studies using words taken from your passage
• 1.3 (Grammatical & Literary Study)
• 1.4 (Cultural/Historical Insights to Passage)

Part 2: Larger Context (Background and Purpose of Book)

• 2.1 Occasion (circumstances) of writing
• 2.2 Purpose of the book
• 2.3 Outline of book
• 2.4 Purpose for this passage within the book

Part 3: The Message

• 3.1 Statement of the basic steps of reasoning within the passage
• 3.2 Which covenant period is the passage under?
• 3.3 Verse by verse explanation/interpretation
  • Use Biblical Theology (e.g. compare with parallel passages)
  • Use Systematic Theology (e.g. similar or contrasting teachings in Scripture)
  • Point out any quotations of the Old Testament in the New
  • Discuss alternative interpretations and give your preferred interpretation
• 3.4 Conclusions regarding the teachings of the passage

Part 4: Response

• 4.1 The Response Required from the Original Hearers
        and The Response Required Today
• 4.2 Personal Response

Updated 2009-10-07 (build:7) by Andrew Fountain