Quiz

The “grammatico-historical” method of interpretation seeks to discover the meaning of Scripture in terms of grammar, what’s written on its pages, and in terms of its ancient ___________.

The “grammatico-historical” approach to biblical interpretation can be traced throughout church history, but especially from the time of ________.

What are the three main “guides” mentioned in the lesson that help us interpret Scripture using the grammatico-historical method? Mark each correct answer.

Lesson 6 asserts that people with little education cannot understand the meaning of a Bible text.

Lesson 6 teaches that, even if the author of a Bible book is not specifically identified, we can still create a profile of the author.

How does knowing about the apostle John, the author of the gospel, help us understand a text such as John 3:16? What is the example given in the lesson?

What are the smallest units of meaning mentioned in lesson 6?

What is a “morpheme”?

What is the largest unit of meaning mentioned in lesson 6, in the context of Bible interpretation?

According to lesson 6, what does the word “so” (houtos) mean in John 3:16?

Lesson 6 teaches that at the time the Bible was composed, few people know how to read.

According to lesson 6, what audience was John especially writing to in his gospel?

What advice does lesson 6 give about the emphasis we should give to the different guides to the meaning of Scripture?

Match each “fallacy” of interpretation with its meaning, as explained in lesson 6.

How does lesson 6 define a “summary,” in the context of biblical interpretation?

Lesson 6 explains that a “summary” helps us study a passage by focusing on just a portion of what the passage has to say.

What illustration does lesson 6 give to explain how there can be different legitimate perspectives of the same biblical passage?

What are the three factors that show the need for multiple “summaries” of a biblical passage? Mark each correct answer.

The complexity of Scriptural passages is largely due to the fact that their original meaning is _________.

Lesson 6 teaches that we can summarize the meaning of a passage in many different ways and still be true to its literal sense.

Lesson 6 explains that when several biblical passages comment on another passage, such as Psalm 110:1, they always focus on the same aspect.

How does lesson 6 interpret the fact that in Matthew 2, it says when Jesus went to Egypt and returned, that this fulfilled the passage in Hosea, “Out of Egypt I have called my son”?

What are the three ways that New Testament writers use Old Testament literature, according to lesson 6? Mark each correct answer

According to lesson 6, all summaries of a biblical passage are equally valuable and legitimate.

All interpreters come to biblical writings with different sets of concerns, assumptions, backgrounds and ________.

In order to apply the Bible in responsible and relevant ways, we have to find summaries that are helpful to our specific _______.