Grace Institute: Bible Study Methods

Bible Study Methods Grace Institute for Biblical Leadership Spring 2005

Class Description

This course is designed to teach the basic principles of inductive bible study, general hermeneutics and the use of tools for independent bible study.

Details

• Course Instructor: Ken Carson.
• Course Time: Wednesdays: 6:30-8:30 p.m.
• Course Cost: $10.00 recommended donation.
• Required Textbook: New American Standard Bible, without study notes or headings ! Available for $5.00.
• Also Required: Access to the NASB Exhaustive Concordance with Strong's Numbers. You can purchase this (Amazon has it for $27.19), or you can access it on-line if you have internet access at http://www.biblestudytools.net.
• Provided with the class: E-Sword bible software (cost included in course cost).
• Optional Textbook: How to Read the Bible For All It's Worth , by Gordon D. Fee and Douglas Stuart. $15.00 donation.
• Course Notes : On the World Wide Web at http://www.gcfweb.org/institute

Notes and Handouts

• Syllabus
• Introduction
• Observation: Making Observation
• Observation: Observing the Structure
• Observation: Observing the Setting
• Observation: Importance of Literary Genre
• Observation: Studying Hebrew Poetry
• Interpretation: Process of Interpretation
• Interpretation: Principles of Interpretation
• Correlation & Verification
• Application
• Bibliography