MAKING SENSE OF THE BIBLE
Session Four: History and Bible Interpretation
Introduction
4.0 What does history have to do with scripture?
4.1 The Idea of History
4.1.1 Modern Understandings of History
4.1.2 Ancient Perspectives of History
4.1.2.1 The Old Testament and Mesopotamia
4.1.2.1 The New Tesament and the Greco-Roman world
4.2 Historical Aspects of a Text
4.2.1 Internal History
4.2.1.1 Formal History
4.2.1.1.1 Old Testament history
4.2.1.1.2 new testament history
4.2.1.2 Social History
4.2.2 External History
4.2.2.1 Process of Composing Ancient Manuscripts
4.2.2.2 Process of Copying Ancient Manuscripts
4.2.2.3 Process of Analyzing Ancient Manuscripts
4.3 Application to Third John
Conclusion
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