Bible Interpretation
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Lesson OneEarly Bible Interpretation16 Activities|6 Assessments
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Getting Started
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In | Hermeneutics, Part 2
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In | Hermeneutics, Part 3
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In | Historical Interpretation
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In | Legal and Liturgical Interpretation
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In | Prophetic Interpretation
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In | Workbook: Biblical Genres
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Behind | Early Jewish Interpretation
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Behind | Two Teachers, Two Sources
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In Front | Christ-Centered Interpretation
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In Front | Practical and Theological Concerns
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In Front | Interpretation: Schools of Thought
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In Front | Communities of Interpretation
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In Front | Jewish and Christian Communities
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In Front | Workbook: The Marcionite Canon
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson TwoModern Biblical Interpretation17 Activities|3 Assessments
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Getting Started
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In Front | Modern Bible Interpretation
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In Front | Erasmus the Moderate Reformer
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In Front | Enlightenment and Interpretation
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In Front | The Jefferson Bible, Part 2
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In Front | A Prominent Image for the New World, Part 2
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In Front | Charles Dickens’ The Life of Our Lord
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In Front | Subjectivism and Interpretation
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In Front | Ralph Waldo Emerson
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In Front | Postmodernism and Interpretation
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In Front | Hermeneutics of Advocacy
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In Front | Workbook: Hermeneutics of Advocacy
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In Front | Using the Bible for Agendas
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In Front | Workbook: Reflection
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In Front | Reliability and Infallibility
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In Front | Sensus Plenior
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson ThreeSystematic and Biblical Theology13 Activities|3 Assessments
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Getting Started
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In Front | Perennial Tensions
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In Front | Workbook: Divine and Human Qualities, Part 1
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In Front | Workbook: Divine and Human Qualities, Part 2
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In Front | Systematic Theology, Part 1
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In Front | A More Historical Approach
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In Front | Biblical Theology, Part 1
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In Front | Workbook: Biblical Theology
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In Front | Lily Pad Theology
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In Front | Workbook: Lily Pad Theology
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In Front | Imperialism and the Bible
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In Front | Civil Rights and the Bible
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson FourCase Study in Biblical Theology16 Activities|4 Assessments
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Getting Started
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In | A Case Study in Biblical Theology
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In | Workbook: Images for God in the Bible
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In | Workbook: Images for People in Relation to God, Part 2
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In | Shepherding: Biblical Leadership
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Behind | Shepherd Leadership
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Behind | Lessons from a Bedouin Shepherd [Bonus]
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Behind | Workbook: Having the Heart of a Shepherd
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Behind | Workbook: What Is the Most Basic Responsibility of a Shepherd?
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Behind | Shepherds Feed and Water the Sheep
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Behind | Workbook: The Next Most Important Responsibility of Shepherds
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Behind | Protecting the Sheep
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Behind | Competent and Cooperative Guidance [Bonus]
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Behind | Workbook: Synthesizing Images
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In Front | Threads in the Biblical Tapestry
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson FiveThe Context of Revelation10 Activities|2 Assessments
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Getting Started
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In | Ancient Text and Genres, Part 2
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Behind | Ways the Bible Is Not Unique
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Behind | Workbook: The Bible’s Uniqueness
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Behind | Biblical Fusion
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Behind | Workbook: Biblical Fusion
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In Front | Surprise and Ownership
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In Front | Cultural Images and Contexts
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In Front | Culture’s Revelatory Dimension
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity|1 Assessment
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Behind | PaRDeS in Ruth
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Question 1 of 4
1. Question
And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor.”
Naomi said to her, “Go ahead, my daughter.”
Ruth 2:2 NIVRemember, Remez suggests allegorical or symbolic readings. What would an example of a Remez interpretation of the “fields” in Ruth 2:2 look like?
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Question 2 of 4
2. Question
“I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The Lord has afflicted me; the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me.”
Ruth 1:21 NIVSod suggests secret or hidden meanings that will often be far from the surface of the text. What would an example of a Sod interpretation for the word “empty” in Ruth 1:21 look like?
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Question 3 of 4
3. Question
In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab.
Ruth 1:1 NIVP’shat interpretations are the most literal or surface-level interpretations. What would an example of a P’shat interpretation for Bethlehem in Ruth 1:1 look like?
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Question 4 of 4
4. Question
“I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The Lord has afflicted me; the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me.”
Ruth 1:21 NIVD’rash interpretations are comparative and often involve connections with other texts. What would an example of a D’rush interpretation for Naomi’s comment that she “went away” full from Bethlehem in Ruth 1:21 look like?