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Exegetical Process
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1. |
Explore text |
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2. |
Delimit unit / periscope |
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2.1 |
Introductory & closing formulas |
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2.2 |
Change in time, place, events, characters |
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Figures of style |
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2.4 |
Literary forms (morphology, syntax) |
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2.5 |
Coherent structure |
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2.6 |
Coherent content |
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2.7 |
Internal cohesion / binding
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3. |
Compare translations
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4. |
Macro-structure (Larger Unit)
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Micro-structure (Building blocks)
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Literary forms (s) |
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Life-setting (Sitz im leben) |
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7.1 |
Historical setting |
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Cultic setting |
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7.3 |
Geography |
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7.4 |
Cultural historical back ground
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History of text |
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8.1 |
Redactional history |
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8.2 |
Salvation historical traditions / motifs / images
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Details analysis |
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Verse for verse analysis
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10. |
Read text as whole |
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10.1 |
Synthesis |
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10.2 |
Meaning in (original /ancient) context (s)
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11. |
Meaning for now / today |