Interpretive Journey

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Interpretive Journey: Complete each of the Five Steps

given below (and also in your text book):

Step #1: Grasp the text in its own town. What did the

text mean to the biblical audience?

Step #2: Measure

the width of the river to cross. What are the differences between the biblical

audience and us?

Step #3: Cross the theological bridge. What are the

theological insights of the text?

Step #4: Cross into the New Testament. Does the New

Testament teaching modify or qualify this principle, and if so, how?

Step #5: Grasp the text in our own town. What are

specific and concrete ways we could situate this text today?