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CHAPTER 6—THE GOAL OF INTERPRETATION Levels of Meaning Does the Text Have One Fixed Meaning or Several Levels of Meaning? Author-Centered Textual Meaning What Kind of “Meaning” Ought to Be the Goal of Interpretation? Legitimate Reader-Response Interpretation ———————— ————————
Reading the Bible: The Treasury of Parables. Parables, which are one of the ways by which Jesus taught us the values of the Kingdom of Heaven, naturally require some form of interpretation.
Printed in the United States of America Fifteenth Printing—September 2019. The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Complete with 500,000 Scripture references and parallel passages organized to help you discover the truths of the Bible.
Know why in-depth study of the Bible is important for the Christian. 2. Be able to list three steps necessary for studying the Bible. 3. Begin the process of carefully studying a selected passage of scripture. 4. Appreciate the importance of the illumination of the Holy Spirit for Bible interpretation. INTRODUCTION
cults and false teachers come to the Bible to try and make it say what they want it to say, while good Bible interpreters come to the Bible with the desire to simply let it say what it says. Every Christian should know the following principles and use them whenever studying the Bible.
• Introduce students to an overview of the history of the English Bible • Introduce students to a conceptual framework for Bible interpretation • Master a vocabulary for biblical interpretive studies • Discussion of the various genres found in the Bible and their respective rules of interpretation
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Please use this guide to help understand the role that interpretation plays in understanding Scripture in general, as well as ten specific examples as it pertains to our present discussion. Please work through this guide in advance of our discussion and bring any questions or thoughts that you have.