a brief guide to better bible study michael morrison
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Our goals
1. Discover the important angles2. Ask the most productive questions3. Focus our attention on the things most likely
to help us understand
• gen·re (zhän'rə) n. A type or class– A category of artistic composition, as in music or
literature, marked by a distinctive style, form, or content.
– A realistic style of painting that depicts scenes from everyday life.
•[French, from Old French, genre, meaning kind, from Latin genus , gener-.]
• The flow of an argument– reasons building toward a conclusion– Often, a conclusion followed by a reason– Words such as “for” “so that” “therefore”
• nice (nīs) adj. nic·er , nic·est Pleasing and agreeable in nature: had a nice time.
•[Middle English, foolish , from Old French, from Latin nescius , ignorant , from nescīre , to be ignorant ; see nescience .]
• run• –verb - 97 definitions listed• –noun - 55 definitions• –adjective – 2 definitions• —Verb phrases – 20 definitions• —Idioms – 9
• Read the passage carefully, and take notes, and do it again and again
• - it’s repetitious, like playing scales on the piano
Write your results
• A one-sentence summary of the passage• Summary of the political situation• Summary of the cultural context• Why was the passage written down?• What type of literature is this?• Does this support a theme of this book?• How does this relate to neighboring passages?