Interpretive Journey Quiz

What is the purpose of the Interpretive Journey?

• To memorize the entire Bible

• To understand the meaning of the text as God intended

• To spiritualize the biblical text

• To ignore the differences between the biblical audience and us

What are some differences between the biblical audience and us?

• Customs, cultures, language, and situations. Sometimes covenant.

• Language and customs. Sometimes cultures.

• Cultures and customs

• Covenant, customs, situations

What is the first step in the Interpretive Journey?

• Consulting the biblical map

• Crossing the principlizing bridge

• Grasping the text in their town

• Measuring the width of the river to cross

How does the theological principle fit with the rest of the Bible?

• It is irrelevant to the rest of the Bible

• It consistently affirms the rest of the Bible

• It contradicts the rest of the Bible

• It does not fit with the rest of the Bible

What is the second step in the Interpretive Journey?

• Consulting the biblical map

• Crossing the principlizing bridge

• Measuring the width of the river to cross

• Grasping the text in their town

What is the third step in the Interpretive Journey?

• Consulting the biblical map

• Crossing the principlizing bridge

• Measuring the width of the river to cross

• Grasping the text in their town

What is the fifth step in the Interpretive Journey?

• Grasping the text in their town

• Measuring the width of the river to cross

• Crossing the principlizing bridge

• Grasping the text in our town

What are the three guidelines for developing theological principles?

• Develop a principle without considering any guidelines

• Recall the differences, note the similarities, and develop a principle

• Note the similarities, ignore the differences, and develop a principle

• Recall the differences, ignore the similarities, and develop a principle

What is the fourth step in the Interpretive Journey?

• Measuring the width of the river to cross

• Grasping the text in their town

• Crossing the principlizing bridge

• Consulting the biblical map

What are the five criteria for theological principles?

• Should be studied, should be memorized, should be relevant, should be outdated, should be culturally bound

• Should be reflected in the text, should be timeless, should correspond to the teaching of the rest of Scripture, should be relevant to both the biblical and the contemporary audience, should not be culturally bound

• Should be learned, should be contradicted to a point, should be relevant to ancient audience, should be dated AD

• Should be reflected in the text, should be culturally bound, should not contradict the rest of Scripture, should be relevant to the contemporary audience