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Most believers over the centuries owned a Bible

literary styles in Scripture: poetry, historical narratives, legal prescriptions, prophecies, psalms, epistles

Which of the following is NOT a prescriptive passage?

Prayer is the essential starting point for any Bible study.

A fictional narrative in which characters and events are presented as symbols for moral and spiritual truths

Which worldview views objective truth as non-existent

Most of the Bible is prescriptive.

The genre, structure, and grammar of a text

How should we approach the Bible?

Which of the following is NOT a type of Bible translation?

From the Greek for "lead out"; the exposition or explanation of a biblical text based on careful study and analysis

According to Postmodernists, texts claiming truth must undergo ______ to determine underlying meanings.

Which invention changed the way the gospel was spread?

Which is NOT a literary style used in the Bible?

When studying the Bible you should use a Bible commentary, theological dictionary, and more than one Bible translation.

Questions like "what is the purpose of the writing?" and "why was this written?" helps us to understand what?

The time, place, culture, and audience of a text

Which is NOT a mistake people make when reading the Bible?

What say we cannot know ultimate truth and claims that people who say they can are trying to gain power over others?

A form of theological inquiry that aims to arrange and categorize religious truths into an internally consistent system

You can apply a biblical text to your life before you know what it means.