Bible 10 How To Write An Exegetical Paper

Bible 10 How To Write An Exegetical Paper & Questions March 21, 2014

Exegesis: Textual Background • Skim the entire book (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) • Read the headings, skim Jesus’ words, read occasional topic sentences • This will help you get a general feel for the book • Look up a structural outline of your Gospel • For example: http: //www. biblestudytools. com/mark/ • Figure out where your text fits into the structure • Carefully read immediate context • AT LEAST 2 chapters before and after your text • Read chapters in the same section of your text • Write notes of what happens in each section

Exegesis: Cultural/Historical Background • Read your passage carefully and highlight, underline, or write down words, phrases, sayings, quotes, or anything that you think might be significant or difficult to understand. • Look those terms or phrases up in a Bible Dictionary • For example: http: //www. biblestudytools. com/dictionary/ • Look up your passage in my Green Book • IVP Bible Background Commentary by Craig Keener • Take note of background information you missed

Extraction Section • In the extraction section, you will be: 1. Retelling everything that happens in your text to the smallest detail. 2. Incorporating the information that you gleaned from Background research. • For a guide to formatting check out the paper on my blog: http: //exegesissaves. wordpress. com/2014/03/14/exegesis-paper-example-offormatting/

Interpretation Section • What did this mean to the original audience? • The original audience of Jesus’ words/action (Pharisees, Disciples, Crowds, etc. ) • The original audience of the written Gospel. (1 st century Palestine inhabitants) • If you cannot answer this question, then you probably did not do a sufficient job on your background section.

Application Section • Contemporize. • Before doing any personal application, draw modern parallels. • Characters • Objects • Societal Phenomena • If Jesus wanted to communicate (either through action or word) the same thing today, what would that look like? • Apply. • • Now that you know what it looks like today… What does it mean to you? How will you live your life differently? How would you look at Jesus differently?