1	Exegesis of Scripture Questions to ask the text
2	Exegesis Exegesis is learning to ask the right questions of a biblical text. It is also learning the tools that it takes to answer those questions.
3	Questions to ask a passage 1. Textual Questions 2. Contextual Questions 3. Communication Questions 4. Theological Questions 5. Application Questions
4	Questions to ask the passage Textual Questions 1. Textual Criticism 2. Translation 3. Structure
5	Questions to ask the passage Contextual Questions 1. Historical 2. Cultural 3. Literary
6	1. Historical Questions Historical Setting of the text Time period, internal rulers, significant persons, events, political crises External rulers, persons, events Details of author, audience, etc.
7	2. Cultural Questions Social View of human beings Birth, education, marriage, death, etc. What is valued, respected, feared, etc. Economic situation and practices
8	2. Cultural Questions Religious Nature of God and relationship with God Assumptions about the world, creation, cosmos, etc Nature or worship and assumptions Other religious influences Historical influences in religion (covenant, sacrifice, etc.)
9	3. Literary Questions (Context) 1. Macro place in canon 2. Immediate place in the book or section of a book 3. Historical Context Setting of the author or tradition
10	Communication Questions (Literary) These are normally literary questions that ask questions about the means and methods of communication in the text.
11	Communication Questions 1. Form and/or genre 2. Source and textual echoes 3. Rhetorical devices 4. Symbolism, Metaphors, etc. 5. Syntax 6. Key Words
12	Theological questions 1. Assumed in the passage 2. Communicated by the passage
13	Theological Questions What does the passage say about God? What does it say about human beings? What does it say about human relationship with God?
14	Theological Questions What does the passage affirm about sin, justice, worship, ethics, etc. What response does the passage expect from the reader?
15	Application Questions All application should flow from the communication of the text.
16	Application Questions The goal of application is for the text to re-function in our setting in an analogous way to how it functioned in the original setting. The literary genre of the book and form of the text should guide application.
17	Application Questions “A text cannot mean what it never could have meant” -Fee and Stuart, How to Read the Bible for All It’s Worth.
18	Application Questions Things to look for to aid application 1. Structure in the text 2. Movement in the text 3. Conflict and Resolution in the text
19	Application Questions 4. The human need or problem in the text 5. The nature and activity of God in the text 6. The human response sought or affirmed in the text
20	Application Questions 1. Move from human need and problem then to human need and problem now. 2. Move from the nature and activity of God then to the nature and activity of God now.
21	Application Questions 3. Move from the human response sought or affirmed then to the human response sought or affirmed now.