7.1 Writing An Exegetical Paper

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7.1 Writing An Exegetical Paper
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A Summary of D. Stuart's Exegetical Methods

• 1. Text
• 1.1 Confirm the limits of the Passage
  Delimiting
• 1.2 Compare the Versions
• 1.3 Reconstruct Annotate
• 1.4 Versify Poetry

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A Summary of D. Stuart's Exegetical Methods

• 2. Translation
• 2.1 Tentative Translation
• 2.2 Check Correspondence of Text Translation
• 2.3 Revise
• 2.4 Provide a Finished Translation

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A Summary of D. Stuart's Exegetical Methods

• 3 Historical Context
• 3.1 Research historical the Background
• 3.2 Research the Social Setting
• 3.3 Research historical the Foreground
• 3.4 Research the Geography
• 3.5 Date the Passage

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A Summary of D. Stuart's Exegetical Methods

• 4. Literary Context
• 4.1 Examine the Literary Function
• 4.2 Examine Placement
• 4.3 Analyses Detail
• 4.4 Analyses Authorship

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A Summary of D. Stuart's Exegetical Methods

• 5. Form Analysis
• 5.1 Identify the General Type - Genre
• 5.2 Identify the Specific Type - Form
• 5.3 Look for Subcategories
• 5.4 Suggest a Life Setting Sitz im Leben
• 5.5 Analyse Completeness
• 5.6 Be alert to partial broken Forms

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A Summary of D. Stuart's Exegetical Methods

• 6. Structure
• 6.1 Outline the Passage
• 6.2 Look for Patterns
• 6.3 Organize by Size
• 6.4 Evaluate Intentionality
• 6.5 Analyse Poetic Structure

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A Summary of D. Stuart's Exegetical Methods

• 7. Grammatical Data
• 7.1 Analyse Specific Issues
• 7.2 Analyse Orthography Morphology

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A Summary of D. Stuart's Exegetical Methods

• 8. Lexical Data
• 8.1 Explain what is not Obvious
• 8.2 Concentrate on Key Words
• 8.3 Do Word Studies
• 8.4 Identify Specific Semantic Features

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A Summary of D. Stuart's Exegetical Methods

• 9. Biblical Context
• 9.1 Analyse Use elsewhere in the Scriptures
• 9.2 Analyse Relation to the Rest of Scripture
• 9.3 Analyse Import for Understanding Scripture

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A Summary of D. Stuart's Exegetical Methods

• 10. Theology
• 10.1 Locate the passage Theologically
• 10.2 Identify Issues raised or solved
• 10.3 Analyse Theological Contribution

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A Summary of D. Stuart's Exegetical Methods

• 11. Secondary Literature
• 11.1 Investigate what others have said
• 11.2 Compare Adjust
• 11.3 Apply Discoveries

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A Summary of D. Stuart's Exegetical Methods

• 12. Application
• 12.1 Clarify the Nature of the Application
• 12.2 Clarify the possible Areas
• 12.3 Identify the Audience
• 12.4 Establish the Categories
• 12.5 Determine the Time Focus
• 12.6 Fix the Limits