+1 862 207 3288 Historical Context
The major sections should include in your paper:
1) Historical Context? Explain the historical details relevant to understanding the passage. Include what your readers need to know about the author, the original audience and their world in order to understand the meaning of the passage. Ask, does the language used in the passage have significance in the Greco-Roman or Jewish worlds? The goal is to list any historical or cultural detail necessary to bring light to the meaning of the passage.
2)Literary Context? Describe the author?s flow of thought in the letter and discuss how your passage fits into and contributes to the author?s argument.Pay attentioto the paragraphs that come immediately before and after the passage as well as where the passage fits into the overall argument of the letter.
3)Analysis of the Passage? This section represents the largest portion of your paper. Describe the details of the passage in its historical and literary contexts. Include significant elements that you discover as you investigate the passage. Explain the meaning of critical words and concepts. Lastly, synthesize your own observations with those of the commentaries.
4)Application?The last section of your paper should explain how people today can live out the message of the passage. In other words, how does the author?s intended meaning of the text apply to real issues in the world today? Be as practical and realistic as possible. Take the point of the passage and turn it into a living word for your peers. Ask, what does this passage mean, or what should it mean, to those with whom you rub shoulders with on a daily basis?
Thesis:Your introduction should include a thesis statement that summarizes the main point of your passage. The thesis should answer the question, what is the author?s main point in this section of Scripture?
Title:The title of your paper should include a statement that captures the main point of your passage and the passage you are interpreting (Exmaple: ?Weakness as an Apostolic Credential: 2 Corinthians 12:1-10?)
Your Sources Should Include:
At least one academic journal article or Bible dictionary
At least one critical commentary (see ?Tools for NT Interpretation? for examples)
At least one expert interview
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