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2/16/2024 Mark Francisco Assignment 5 Chapters 9 – 10 How to Read the Bible Like a Seminary Professor By Mark M. Yarbrough Chapter 9: A Is For Apple.Except When It’s Not In How to Read the Bible Like a Seminary Professor, Professor Yarbrough teaches us that if we hope to read the Bible like a Seminary professor, we must “know the text”, “work the text”, and “live the text”. In previous chapters in which he discusses knowing the text, he explains the importance of using observation to understand what the words in a biblical text mean. In Chapter 9, titled, “A Is For Apple.Except When It’s Not”, he informs us that interpretation is a critical component we must employ to successfully “work the text”. To illustrate this point, he uses his dyslexic daughter, Kayci, …show more content…

Likewise, in Genesis 32:28 (NKJV) the Angel of the Lord said to Jacob, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed.” However, fourteen chapters later (Genesis 46:2, NKJV), the scripture records the following: “Then God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, ‘Jacob, Jacob!’.” In the second example above, if we take what the scripture records about Jacob’s name change to Israel without 1. What is the difference between a. and a. The Angel of the Lord lies. 2. What is the difference between a'smart' and a'smart'? The Biblical text is unreliable and thus cannot be believed. We know neither of these conclusions are true, as Numbers 23:19 (GNT) clearly states, “God is not like people, who lie; He is not a human who changes his mind. Whatever he promises, he does; He speaks, and it is done.” And Hebrews 4:12 (GNT) also states, “For the word of God is alive and active, sharper than any double-edged sword. It cuts all the way through, to where soul and spirit meet, to where joints and marrow come

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The author Ronald Youngblood observed the preface of the Old Treatment in the book, The Heart of the Old Testament by demonstrating the basic outline of the Scriptures is to trace the development of certain key ideas from one end of the Bible to the other. This book serves a great purpose that lays out nine themes that constitute the heart of the Old Testament. The nine themes are monotheism, sovereignty, election, covenant, theocracy, law, sacrifice, faith, and redemption. Dr. Ron Youngblood has achieved his purpose in an admirable layout before us the heart of the Old Testament in a careful and practical manner. Dr. Youngblood links the key theological strands of the Old Testament to the New in a style that is biblically sound, highly readable,

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Analysis: Compare chapter 2:How to Read Literature Like a Professor-“Nice to Eat with You: Acts of Communion” to part two(chapter 11) of The Fountainhead. At the beginning of chapter 11 of The Fountainhead, it is December and the opening of one main building, the Cosmo-Slotnick building. Toohey wants to celebrate this occasion so he takes Keating out for dinner. Foster stated in How to Read Lliterature like a Professor, “Whenever people eat or drink together its communion (8).” Communion is the sharing or exchanging intimate thoughts or feelings.

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Tobias Wolff’s “Bible” explores the nature of a woman whose life is in “danger” and the personality of her abductor. At the beginning of the story, Maureen is vulnerable. She leaves her friends at a bar to go home alone on a cold Friday night. She is powerless over her own body.

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2. What is the difference between a'smart' and a'smart'?

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How to Read Literature like a Professor Connections Chapter 1: Every Trip Is a Quest (Except When It’s Not) The main idea of this chapter is literally the title. Every trip is a quest, mostly, whether or not it is stated. There are certain factors that you notice while reading that will give it away.

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Bart D. Ehrman. The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings. New York: Oxford University Press, Fifth edition, 2012 SUMMARY The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings is an 536 page, illustrated, historical guide to early Christianity and many of the early writings of the time—not just those of the New Testament Canon. As the title boasts it is used as an introduction textbook for scholars studying the New Testament.

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Theologian, Walter Brueggemann, described in his personal reflection, Biblical Authority, that in order to understand, read or discuss the bible, you must first acknowledge six facets of biblical interpretation, that he feels operates within us all. The article dives deep into each facet, intertwining them and linking them together to shed light and explain all aspects of the bibles interaction with the contemporary world and the people living in it. Inherency is the first identified facet; Brueggemann describes Inherency in the four following ways: 1. Common commitment to the text makes every reader of the bible equal.

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“One thing was clear: Absolutely everybody in the city was supposed to be dead, regardless of what they were, and that anybody that moved in it represented a flaw in the design” (Vonnegut). During World War II, the advancements in bombing led to an untapped potential for destruction, a force that would soon be pushed to its very limits. Many countries used extensive bombing in the hopes of destroying enemy military bases, ammunition factories, and supply lines, but also to crush their population’s morale. The concept of “area” bombing began to emerge within the Allied airstrikes, which was the tactic of targeting entire enemy cities, including the civilian portions (History, Bombing of Dresden). One of the most controversial bombings in World War II occurred in February, 1945, in Dresden, Germany.

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12/4/17 BIBL Eat This Book Summary For the special project I chose to read the book “Eat This Book” by Eugene Peterson and throughout reading this book I found it to be interesting on the topic he chose to talk about. But before I go off into what I found interesting about the book and what I gained or learned from after reading this, let go back and explain what this book is about, and the main topic is throughout this book. In the book author Eugene Peterson believes that the way we read the bible is just as important as the fact that we even read the bible to begin with and even goes on to say in the book “Do we read the Bible for information about God and salvation, for principles and ‘truths’ that we can use to live better?

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The Year of Living Biblically: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible, written by A.J. Jacobs, is precisely what the title states: one man documenting his year of living the ultimate biblical life. Jacobs grew up officially Jewish, though he was “…Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant. Which is to say: not very,” (4). In this book, he takes on the challenge of following every rule of the Bible, to the letter. Jacobs dives down to the core of biblical life by taking each meaning literally, or so he hopes.

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The Biblical Interpretation: A Roadmap is a book helping the reader explore the process of interpreting. Frederick C. Tiffany and Sharon H. Ringe describe this process as a journey of questioning and reading. But, if one of these new explorers has no map, then he or she will get lost, and in a less metaphorical sense, he or she will lose attention of the text. Fortunately, the authors give their learners a guide on how they should create their roadmap. The following paragraphs will expound upon a few of the points Tiffany and Ringe expressed.

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And Jacob, in significant pain, replies, “I will not let you go unless you bless me” (Genesis, 32:26). God, pleased by his reply said “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome”(Genesis, 32: 28). God praised Jacob and gave him a new name, Israel, as well as a new identity. Jacob was no longer to be identified with his past as a swindler and trickster but as a man of faith blessed by

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The moves and plots, which produce different fields of understanding, should arise from the nature of scripture. There are moments in consciousness termed immediacy, reflection, and praxis. Symbol’s task in consciousness is in different ways. Since scripture functions in these different ways, sermons also are plotted to work in human consciousness to shift congregational consciousness.

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To orient the Old Testament timeline, Richter uses: Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and David to display their roles and why they are considered the main characters on this timeline. Let’s start with Adam, he is the one that disobeyed God’s command in the Garden of Eden. After Adam comes Noah who does not disobey God and therefore sees the wonderful works of the Lord. To give insights on the Real Time aspects of this chapter, Richter uses Abraham, Moses, and David to show their contribution to this topic. In reading, Richter uses geography because, “The biblical stories happened in real space, and that space affected the choices and actions of the players as well as the plot line of the drama (55).”

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The three approaches discussed are allegorical, literal, and semiallegorical (Ryrie, 1999, p. 125-126). An individual who uses the allegorical approach uses symbols instead of the actual words in the Bible to interpret its meaning; whereas one who takes the literal approach to interpreting the Bible does so by reading the exact words used. In the middle of the spectrum is the semiallegorical approach. An individual who uses this approach uses symbolism and literalism in order to interpret and understand the Bible’s message. There are rational reasons as to why an individual takes a literal, grammatical, or historical hermeneutic to interpret the Bible.

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