How to study the Bible

Two towns

Grasping the text

grasp the text in their town

what did the text say to the biblical audience

observe

who is the author

who is the audience

what’s the setting

what are the conditions under which the author wrote this to his audience

what type of literature is it

law

narative

poetry

apocalyptic

when you consider how something was written it matters. Example someone who passed away if you pick up their will and a letter they wrote to their spouse or children you are not going to read these things the same way. One is a legal document and you read that legally. the other is a personal document. Just because a word is found in Psalms, Genesis, and Revelation. They may not all mean the same thing.

What is the time period

Key words or phrases

theological terms

cultural context

Analysis - Measure the width of the river to cross, what are the differences of the biblical audience and us

Discover what the writer said to his audience

what are the difference between the biblical audience and my self

Does everything in Leviticus apply to me?

When analyzing we must know

historical context

Making sure we understand

theological context

covenantal context

redemptive context

What is the timeless theological truth

we cannot just take the text and plop it in our culture

Exodus 21:28–29 KJV 1900

28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. 29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.

do any of us own an ox?

what is the truth here?

What doctrine or doctrines are

What does the road map of the bible say about it

pay attention

sentences

paragraphs

cause and aeffect

repeated words