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How does a historical, grammatical, literary, and cultural study of a passage help guide the micro-observation step of Bible study?
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In the micro-observation step, the historical study helps us see whether the historical setting and place has shifted in this particular passage.
The cultural study of family structure, community relationships, livelihood and Jewish customs helps us understand why things happened as they do, or why certain things were encouraged or banned.
The literary study helps us identify the genre of this passage so that we will interpret it in a correspondingly appropriate manner.
The grammatical study helps us identify the nouns, verbs and other grammatical constructions that the author uses, so that we can identify his main points, and especially his key terms. -
All these things help to give a deeper understanding of what is trying to be shown in a passage because all these things have changed so much over the times from when they were written that without even a basic understanding of who wrote the passages and who they were written to, how the culture was, can lead to very serious misunderstandings and misinterpretations of what was trying to be taught.
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Yes, it gives a clearer view at looking at the text
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It gives you background and details to understand the passage.
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It allows the reader to enhance their Bible study skills, it reminds me of a Bible compass of God’s plan and instruction for us on earth to lead, direct and guide us in the right direction He would have us go and obeying the instructions of God. Additionally- I enjoyed observing and reading all of them very enlightening.