Hermeneutics Quiz

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Hermeneutics Quiz

• Dr. William Cox
• Ed.D. Summer 2007 Residency

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Question 1

• What interpretative method is employed to reach
  the conclusion embodied in the following
  sequenced statements?
• Matt 275 Judas went away and hanged himself
• Luke 1037 Go and do likewise
• John 1327 What you are about to do, do quickly

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Explanation/Answer

• Bible as oracle
• Bible as roulette

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Question 2

• True or False
• A reasonable understanding of the length of days
  in the creation time era (Gen 15, 8, etc.) is to
  interpret by the time definition of 2 Peter 38
  (A day is like 1000 years and vice versa).

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Explanation/Answer

• Proof texting
• Gen 15, etc 3117 24 hr /period of time as
  context indicates
• Ex 208 3117 Sabbath Day
• No alternate meaning in O.T.
• 2 Pet 38 - 2250 -24 hr /period of time as
  context indicates

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Question 3

• Yes or No
• Are the I Thes 523 (sanctified in spirit, soul,
  body) and the Gen 27 (body formed, breathed
  into, became a soul) verses basically in
  agreement regarding the teaching that there are
  three components in the humans of body (physical
  being), spirit (non-material being) and soul (a
  third part whatever it may exactly be)?

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Explanation/Answer

• Eisegesis
• Became 1961 to become

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Question 4

• Yes or No
• Is our country out of biblical order in exploring
  outer space since the Dominion Mandate of Gen
  126 28 (rule over) does not include outer
  space?

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Explanation/Answer

• Interpret as Intended audience

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Question 5

• What does the Prov 226 (raise up a childand he
  will not depart) verse mean to you if you are a
  parent of young children? Is it a command with a
  promise?

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Explanation/Answer

• Interpret by literature category (i.e., genre)
• Compare example of Prodigal Son

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Question 6

• Do you have a general idea of approximately the
  degree of sin that would cause Matt 529-30 (cut
  off the hand that sins) to be put into effect?
  Explain please!

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Explanation/Answer

• Use of hyperbole

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Question 7

• Some commentators say that use of behavioristic
  practices, as in using rewards and punishments,
  to change behavior is biblically unsound if not
  biblically antithetical. Do you agree or
  disagree? Why?

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Explanation/Answer

• Practice v. philosophy (Deut 28 contingent
  consequences)

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Question 8

• How do you explain Pauls uncharacteristic appeal
  to Caesar to save his life (Acts 2511, 25) when
  Paul regularly taught that our lives are no
  longer our own (e.g., Gal 220 Phil 411-12) to
  defend?

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Explanation/Answer

• In larger, antecedent context (Acts 2311 go
  to Rome)

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Question 9

• What might the grammatical structure of Eph 64
  (Fathers do not frustrate but raise your
  child) tell us about the kind of educational
  environment that aligns with the childs nature?

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Explanation/Answer

• Logic (consequence v. prescription) Grammar
  (parallel or opposing phrases)

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Question 10

• How might 2 Tim 315 (from a child you have
  known the Scriptures) supplement what we know
  about human nature from Eph 64?

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Explanation/Answer

• (Concordance)
• Exegete word definitions
• 1025 unborn/ babe/infant
• Luke 1815-infant-1025
• Luke 1816-children-3813
• Known-1492-understood

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Question 11

• The central theme of the Parable of the Vineyard
  Workers who received equal pay for unequal work
  (Matt 201-16) is
• always get a contract before working
• there should be fair pay for work done
• come in last so you can be first selected
• all of the above
• none of the above

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Explanation/Answer

• a. for v.2 first group
• e. v. 15 own money/ merciful

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Question 12

• What kind of desire (God said, Your desire will
  be for your husband) do you think Eve had for
  Adam in Gen 316? Why?

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Explanation/Answer

• Word study/context
• Desire-8669-stretch out after, longing
• Gen 47-8669 SoS 710-8669--context is key

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Question 13

• How can we use the Joshua 612-21 Jericho march
  to justify contemporary efforts such as marching
  around abortion clinics to cause them to collapse?

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Explanation/Answer

• Desc. vs. presc.

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Question 14

• Is there a principle about both obedience and
  submission that can be derived from Acts 418-20
  and Acts 529 (Do what you will but we must obey
  God rather than men!)

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Explanation/Answer

• Deriving principles (previously stated 18 and
  520)

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Question 15

• What advice about going to church would you give
  the recently saved teenager whose unsaved parents
  forbid her from attending church? Why?

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Explanation/Answer

• Prioritize conflicting perspectives (Eph 61 vs.
  Heb 1025)

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Question 16

• Why should women in todays culture wear a head
  covering as recommended by Paul in I Cor 113-16?

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Explanation/Answer

• Cultural practice vs. Biblical principle
• A sign of submission via Christian culture

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Question 17

• Describe two educational prescriptions (analogous
  to those written by medical doctors) that are
  drawn directly from the Bible.

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Explanation/Answer

• Eisegesis

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Question 18

• What kind of justification does Rom 122
  renewing of the mind give for academic pursuits?

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Explanation/Answer

• Context and word definitions (cf. 128-3563)
• Mind 3563-mind
• Context-therefore thus moral understanding

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BONUS QUESTIONS
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Question 19

• How many pairs of each kind of animal did Moses
  take on the Ark?

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Explanation/Answer

• Gen 72, 3
• 7 pr. clean
• 1 pr. unclean
• 7 pr. birds

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Question 20

• What kind of man was Boas before he married Ruth?

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Explanation/Answer

• Ruthless

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Question 21

• How did Adam and Eve feel when expelled from the
  Garden of Eden?

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Explanation/Answer

• They felt a little put out.

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Question 22

• What was one of the first things Adam and Eve did
  after they were kicked out?

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Explanation/Answer

• They raised a little Cain!