Evan 101 Study Guide 7

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The epistles are generally pretty easy to interpret according to the text False

2.

What is the difference between 'real letters' and epistles according to Diessmann 1. Real letters - non literary and not written for the public - intended for the person(s) to whom they were written 2. The epistle was an artistic literary form or a species of literature that was intended for the public

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What is an occasional document and why are they sometimes difficult to interpret Occasional documents were intended for a specific occasion. they are difficult to interpret because we do not alway know what the question was or the problem that prompted these documents

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The epistles were written primarily to expound theology False

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What do the writers mean by THINK PARAGRAPHS it is the necessary key to understanding the argument in the various epistles

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Know the authors' recommendations for dealing with the problem passages found in the epistles 1. be content that what God wants us to know he has communicated to us 2. Need to know what can be said for certain and what cannot be said for certain 3. the point of the whole passage is within our grasp even through everything is not clear 4. consult good commentaries

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What is the great flaw of common hermeneutics the authors mention / examples what does not apply to our own situation we simply leave in the 1st century wine/grape juice and cutting of the hair - 60/70's

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Know the Basic Rule and the Second Rule 1. a text cannot mean what it never could have meant to its author or his or her readers 2. Whenever we share comparable particulars with the first-century hearers, God's Word is the the same to us as it was to them

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What is the problem of extended application

to make a text apply to a context totally foreign to its first century setting

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Understand the comment about Romans 14 People on both sides of any of these matters are neither to judge more disparage one...