Language and Literature

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=50 BGCOLOR="#333366" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Language and Literature</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=165 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="132" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 35 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id271.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Discovering What the Bible Means"><U><B><IMG SRC="007151d0.gif" border=0 width="21" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id272.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Figuring Out Figures of Speech"><U><B><IMG SRC="008151d0.gif" border=0 width="21" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="20"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="20" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="13"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="27"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> Previous/Next Sermon</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="www.stanbaker.org"><U><B>Home</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Biblical and Theological Studies"><U><B>Biblical and Theological Studies</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Church Ministry"><U><B>Church Ministry</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sermon Notes"><U>Sermon Notes</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U><B>Links</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Personal"><U><B>Personal</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> www.stanbaker.org</div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:stan@stanbaker.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:stan@stanbaker.org"><U>stan@stanbaker.org</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Language and Literature</B></div> <div> <B>How to Understand the Bible, Part 4</B></div> <div> <B>Berean Bible Church, January 27, 2002 (pm)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Steps to Discover the Meaning of a Sentence</B></div> <div> (Roy Zuck, Basic Bible Interpretation, p. 122)</div> <div> A. Analyze the sentence and its elements – parts of speech; kind of sentence; kinds of clauses; word order.</div> <div> B. Discover the meaning of each key word – how is the word used in this context?  In various contexts?</div> <div> C. Consider the influence of each part of the sentence on the thought of the whole.</div> <div> D. Then, analyze how sentences and paragraphs are related to each other.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Practice with Colossians 1:9-14 (NAS)</B> – What is the significance of the underlined words or phrases?</div> <div>    9 <U>For this reason</U> also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased <U>to pray</U> for you and <U>to ask that </U>you may <U>be filled</U> with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,</div> <div>    10 <U>so that</U> you will <U>walk in a manner worthy</U> of the Lord, t<U>o please Him</U> in all respects, <U>bearing fruit</U> in every good work and i<U>ncreasing</U> in the knowledge of God;</div> <div>    11 <U>strengthened</U> with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously</div> <div>    12 <U>giving thanks</U> to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light.</div> <div>    13 <U>For</U> He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,</div> <div>    14 <U>in whom</U> we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Literary Types</B></div> <div> A. Definition: Category or kind of writing characterized by a particular form/s and/or content.</div> <div> B. Modern examples include children’s literature, news, sermon, poetry, legal brief</div> <bR> <div> <B>Some Biblical Literary Types</B></div> <div> (Zuck, Basic Bible Interpretation, pp. 127ff.)</div> <div> A. Legal</div> <div>       Direct ("Thou shall not . . ." Exodus 20).</div> <div>       Case-by-case (Exodus 23:4, "If you come across your enemy's donkey, return it.").</div> <div> B. Narrative</div> <div>       Tragedy (Story of decline - Saul, Samson).</div> <div>       Epic (Long narrative with series of episodes around individual or group - Israel in wilderness).</div> <div>       Romance (Relationship between man and woman - Ruth, Song of Songs).</div> <div>       Heroic (Narrative around life and actions of a hero or representative example - David, Gideon).</div> <div>       Satire (Story exposes human failings through ridicule - Jonah).</div> <div>       Polemic (Story of aggressive attack against views or actions - 10 plagues, Elijah and prophets of Baal).</div> <div> C. Poetry (much use of parallelism).</div> <div> D. Wisdom (proverbs or maxims - Proverbs; reflective - Job, Ecclesiastes).</div> <div> E. Gospel – theological history (beyond mere biographies of Christ).</div> <div> F. Logical Discourse (letters) - (explanations, exhortations).</div> <div> G. Prophetic (regards the future (future at the time it was written; it includes apocalyptic material, which is highly symbolic)).</div> <div> H. Parable (short true-to-life stories to make a point).</div> <bR> <div> <B>Interpreting Narrative</B></div> <div> A. The stories in the Bible were included for a reason.</div> <div> B. Read for the flow and the big picture.  What is the conflict?  Is there resolution?</div> <div> C. Read to see how the details support the big picture.  Some details set the stage or are incidental; other details are significant to the point of the story (Nehemiah 1:11, "cupbearer to the king." Esther 4:14, "For such a time as this").</div> <div> D. Understand cultural references.</div> <div> E. Discover the point of the story. How does the context help?</div> <bR> <div> <B>Practicing With Nehemiah</B></div> <div> A. What is the historical background?</div> <div> B. Is there conflict?</div> <div>      What is the significance of walls?</div> <div> C. Any important details?</div> <div> D. Is there resolution?</div> <div> E. What is the main point of the book?</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> copyright, 2002, Stanley Baker</div> <div> www.stanbaker.org</div> </td> </tr></table></body>