hur-muh-noo-tiks is the scholar’s way of saying “the craft of interpreting Scripture.”

From the New Attitude blog here are seven questions to ask every Bible passage you come across in order to help you better interpret the passage. All this on just one page you can print out and keep in your Bible.

7 Questions to Ask Every Passage

1. Who is the author and who is his audience?

2. Why is the author writing and what is his burden for his audience?

3. How does this verse connect to the rest of the chapter and the book the
whole storyline of the Bible?

4. What does the language of the passage highlight and draw attention to?
(e.g., parallels, word pictures, specific details, repetitive words/phrases)

5. What does this reveal about the nature of God and the nature of
mankind?

6. How does this passage reveal our need for a Savior and Godʼs
disposition to provide a Savior?

7. What response or action does this passage call for?
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