Week 3: Who controls the meaning of the bible?
01 Recap
The Interpretive Journey
Steps
Step 1: Grasp the text in their town What did the text mean to the original audience?
Step 2: Measure the width of the river to crossWhat are the differences between the biblical audience and us?
Step 3: Cross the Principalizing BridgeWhat is the theological principle in this text?
Step 4: Consult the Biblical Map How does this theological principle fit with the rest of the Bible?
Step 5: Grasp the Text in Our TownHow should individual Christians today live out the theological principle?
02 Authorial Intentvs. Reader Response
Why is she smiling?
VIdeo
What's the difference?
Authorial Intent
Reader Response
- Meaning is determined by the reader or by a comunity of readers.
- Does not view the text as a communication between the author and yourself.
- What does this mean to me?
- Lectio Divina
- Meaning is determined by the intention of the author.
- Views the text as a communication between the author and yourself.
- What does the author mean to tell me?
- Exegesis/The Interpretive Journey
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
Reader Response
I've been struggling to reach Master Rank in Call of Duty. This Bible verse tells me that through Christ who strengthens me, I can get enough kills to reach any of my rank goals.
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
Authorial Intent
The Apostle Paul wrote this verse while he was in jail traditioanlly in the city of Rome for being a Christian. Even though he was chained up in jail, he was writing to thank the Philippian church for sending him financial support and to encourage them in their faith. In context, Paul said that whatever life situation he is in, whether great or terrible, he can have endurance and perseverance through any situation, even jail, because Christ strengthens him.
We do not create meaning; rather, we seek to discover the meaning that has been placed there by the author.
Grasping God's Word, p. 197
We need to know something about the author’s context in order to fully understand his meaning.
Grasping God's Word, p. 197
jeremiah 29:10-14
10 This is what the Lord says: “When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my good promise to bring you back to this place. 11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12 Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.”
03 Examples:Practicing Observation of Authorial Intent & Context In Non-Biblical Texts
Write a list of observations that give you clues of 1) what the author is trying to say, and 2) what his context is.
Hosea 3:1-5
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Week 3: Who controls the meaning of the bible?
01 Recap
The Interpretive Journey
Steps
Step 1: Grasp the text in their town What did the text mean to the original audience?
Step 2: Measure the width of the river to crossWhat are the differences between the biblical audience and us?
Step 3: Cross the Principalizing BridgeWhat is the theological principle in this text?
Step 4: Consult the Biblical Map How does this theological principle fit with the rest of the Bible?
Step 5: Grasp the Text in Our TownHow should individual Christians today live out the theological principle?
02 Authorial Intentvs. Reader Response
Why is she smiling?
VIdeo
What's the difference?
Authorial Intent
Reader Response
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
Reader Response
I've been struggling to reach Master Rank in Call of Duty. This Bible verse tells me that through Christ who strengthens me, I can get enough kills to reach any of my rank goals.
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
Authorial Intent
The Apostle Paul wrote this verse while he was in jail traditioanlly in the city of Rome for being a Christian. Even though he was chained up in jail, he was writing to thank the Philippian church for sending him financial support and to encourage them in their faith. In context, Paul said that whatever life situation he is in, whether great or terrible, he can have endurance and perseverance through any situation, even jail, because Christ strengthens him.
We do not create meaning; rather, we seek to discover the meaning that has been placed there by the author.
Grasping God's Word, p. 197
We need to know something about the author’s context in order to fully understand his meaning.
Grasping God's Word, p. 197
jeremiah 29:10-14
10 This is what the Lord says: “When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my good promise to bring you back to this place. 11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12 Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.”
03 Examples:Practicing Observation of Authorial Intent & Context In Non-Biblical Texts
Write a list of observations that give you clues of 1) what the author is trying to say, and 2) what his context is.
Hosea 3:1-5