In this chapter, a background exposition on the interpretation of the bible is presented. This understanding of what bible interpretation entails would be needful for you to know how best this book has been designed to take you through a specific technique.
Furthermore, closely related to hermeneutics is homiletics. This deals with the act of presenting what has been studied in a systematic way. And this presentation method is with the goal of passing across the right information to the right people at the right time.
Before going further with the interpretation and presentation processes, some background knowledge concerning the bible and other basic concepts would be explored. Let's dive right in.
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The bible is a collection of books that talk about the intentions of God. The books are written in different styles and various languages. This shows that the books are collected over periods of years. They contain the history of people, voyages, Jesus' story, and a whole lot more. It is important to note that these books are from different authors from different walks of life. Hence, you will not get a single style of writing and choice of words because the authors are determiners of these things.
The bible is an interesting read. It has been structured in such a way that it provides the beginning of things till their revelation or manifestation. The books of the bible were written in the form of scrolls. So, they did not originally contain chapters and verses. It was another person that divided them into these formats. And the primary aim of doing this is for people to be able to quote and recite portions of a bible text.
Also notable is the fact that the books that make up the bible have figurative expressions. Just as in normal literary texts, the bible has allegories and other picturesque ways of passing across ideas from the author. It is good to always analyze or understand these expressions from the context of their usages. That makes it clearer to decode and understand these figurative terms.
Furthermore, the bible is made up of 66 books. The early parts are writings from great prophets that were passed through generations. It is important to note that the people that wrote the books of the bible are different from those that compiled them. From the compiled works, readers are made to see, from Genesis to Revelations, the ways things unveiled, up until their manifestations.
The bible is a book that provides solitude for people in times of trouble and the things God has in store for his people. This way, they could read it and find rest from Him. The bible also has stories for people that would love to read about characters that made up the bible. Children, for example, could find lots of interesting stories about people of Israel, Egypt, Jesus and many more.
The bible is an authoritative book. This is because it contains sacred writings. It is basically used by Christians. Interestingly, many people believe that the bible is the only means by which one could hear God speak to them.
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