Learning to Study the Bible Leader Guide for Tweens

ISBN-13: 9781501856280 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 64 str.

Zimmerman, L. J.

Opis

Learning to Study the Bible is an eight-week curriculum designed for tweens to help them learn the basics of biblical interpretation. The Leader Guide includes easy-to-use instructions to guide students as they explore topics like genre, historical context, biblical geography and more. Sessions are: 1. Who?
* Learn to identify the original author and audience
* Understand your own social location and biases
* Practice reading a text with the author and original audience in mind 2. What?
* Understand the significance of genre
* Practice identifying genre in biblical texts 3. When?
* Understand the significance of historical context
* Learn about the major social contexts of biblical texts
* Practice reading Scripture contextually 4. Where?
* Learn how to utilize biblical maps
* Understand the significance of geography and shifting national borders for biblical interpretation
* Practice interpreting a biblical text with a geographical lens 5. Why?
* Learn about the formation of the canon
* Understand the significance of a text's changing meaning over time
* Practice reading a text with multiple layers of meaning 6. How? Close reading
* Learn the value of reading texts slowly and carefully
* Understand how to use study bibles and commentaries
* Practice reading a short text carefully 7. How? Side-by-side reading
* Learn about the Revised Common Lectionary and its purpose
* Understand how to use a concordance to cross-reference texts
* Practice reading a text intra-canonically 8. How? Lectio Divina
* Learn about the ancient practice of Lectio Divina
* Understand the significance of a spiritual reading of Scripture
* Practice Lectio Divina individually and as a group