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What do you think each of the six macro-observation questions of “Who, What, How, Where, When and Why” contribute to understanding a book of the Bible?
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It is the foundation to help you understand what you are studying or reading
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It’s somewhat like a framework and structure to help us understand the Bible.
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Who tells who the author of the passage is. What relates what the writer is trying to tell us. What genre it is written in as well as what language gives insight on how to read the book. Where tells us not only where the writer and reader are but also in what part of the Bible the passage is in. When can help us see when in the Bible this book takes place, i.e., OT, NT, the beginning, middle or end. Is it during the exile or during the life of Jesus. Why tells us why the writer is writing the book.
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They are the foundational questions to any understanding that we have. These are questions that we have been taught from the very beginning of our education and they still apply to all learning that we strive to understand.
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The help to thoroughly extract the “foundations” of the book and by so doing the framework for interpreting the details when it comes to the micro level.
