Element 5: Synthesis

Question 1

T/F: It is okay to permit sloppy reading/careless synthesis if a text has multiple meanings.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

According to Gorman, what is the process of exegesis all about?

Accepted Answer

the production of a reading or interpretation of the text

Question 3

T/F: Biblical authors do not make claims that are intended to inform, transform their readers.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

What are the three reasons that a passage's meaning might be ambiguous (uncertain)?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 5

Why would an author deliberately create ambiguity?

Accepted Answer

To allow/force readers to ponder the text more carefully

Question 6

What are hallmarks of a good written synthesis? Select all that apply.

Accepted Answer

The value of all interpretations is recognized, Inferior interpretations are argued against when necessary, An interpretation presented with vigor and humility, Limitations of one's knowledge and biases is recognized

Question 7

T/F: There should be a degree of congruence between original text meanings and later readings.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

What are some important features of a synthesis of a text?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 9

Should a written synthesis include the full range of interpretations about a text?

Accepted Answer

No, because some are mutually exclusive of each other

Question 10

T/F: An exegete's task: conduct good analyses to discern legitimate v. illegitimate readings.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

T/F: The same interpreter may explain a text differently based on the interpretative context.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

What is a text's senus plenior that many theologians speak of?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 13

What does it mean to formulate a written synthesis of your passage?

Accepted Answer

To collect exegetical elements into a unified whole.

Question 14

Gorman argues for a text's polyvalence (surplus of meanings). Does he maintain this position?

Accepted Answer

No, he says the text imposes limits on certain meanings

Question 15

T/F: Every text has an objective, one-dimensional meaning that everyone will agree upon.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

T/F: Synthesis is about turning initial guesses into a careful, coherent analysis of the text.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

Which form of literature might especially be susceptible to multiple meanings?

Accepted Answer

poetry such as in the Psalms

Question 18

T/F: A search for the main point(s) of your synthesis is part of the entire exegetical process.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

To what degree is it possible to obtain an author's intention of a text's meaning? Which apply.

Accepted Answer

We can approximate what a writer seems to have wanted to say, Often we can describe what the text might say to an audience

Question 20

T/F: Different interpreters can arrive at differing interpretations/syntheses of the same text.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

A text is a form communication between an author (sender) and whom?

Accepted Answer

An audience (original recipients)

Question 22

How is your written synthesis different from other elements?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 23

What is the close relationship between your written introduction and synthesis?

Accepted Answer

They present your thesis, with the intro finalized afterward

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