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+# this Makefile.am was automatically generated by bibletime/maintenance/gen_am.sh
+# please do not edit this file but rather run the script to update
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+install-data-local:
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(kde_htmldir)/en/bibletime/howto/;
+	chmod -R a+r+X  $(DESTDIR)$(kde_htmldir)/en/bibletime;
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/how2-basics.docbook $(DESTDIR)$(kde_htmldir)/en/bibletime/howto;
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+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/how2-importance.docbook $(DESTDIR)$(kde_htmldir)/en/bibletime/howto;
+	chmod a+r $(DESTDIR)$(kde_htmldir)/en/bibletime/howto/how2-importance.docbook;
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/how2-interpretation.docbook $(DESTDIR)$(kde_htmldir)/en/bibletime/howto;
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+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/index.docbook $(DESTDIR)$(kde_htmldir)/en/bibletime/howto;
+	chmod a+r $(DESTDIR)$(kde_htmldir)/en/bibletime/howto/index.docbook;
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+uninstall-local:
+	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(kde_htmldir)/en/bibletime/howto/how2-basics.docbook;
+	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(kde_htmldir)/en/bibletime/howto/how2-importance.docbook;
+	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(kde_htmldir)/en/bibletime/howto/how2-interpretation.docbook;
+	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(kde_htmldir)/en/bibletime/howto/index.docbook;
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+<chapter id="h2-basics"><title>Bible Study Basics</title>
+
+<sect1 id="h2-basics-purpose">
+<title>Our Purpose as we Approach the Bible</title>
+<para>
+<blockquote><attribution>Jn.5:39-40</attribution> <para>You search the Scriptures, because you think that
+in them you have eternal life; and it is these that bear witness of Me; and you
+are unwilling to come to Me, that you may have life.</para>
+</blockquote> 
+</para>
+
+<para>The chief purpose of the book is to bring us to the Person.  Martin Luther
+said <quote>we go to the cradle only for the sake of the baby</quote>; just so
+in Bible study, we do it not for its own sake but for fellowship with God.
+</para>
+
+<blockquote><attribution>John R.W. Stott, <emphasis>Christ the
+Controversialist</emphasis>, InterVarsity Press 1978, pp.97, 104.</attribution>
+<para>The Jews to whom Jesus spoke [...] imagined that to possess Scripture was
+tantamount to possessing life. Hillel used to say, &quot;He who has gotten to
+himself words of Torah has gotten to himself the life of the world to
+come.&quot;  Their study was an end in itself.  In this they were grievously
+deceived. [...]</para>
+<para>There is neither merit nor profit in the reading of
+Scripture for its own sake, but only if it effectively introduces us to Jesus
+Christ. Whenever the Bible is read, what is needed is an eager expectation that
+through it we may meet Christ.</para>
+</blockquote>
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="h2-basics-approaches"><title>Approaches to God's Word</title>
+<para>Hearing and reading provide a telescopic view of the scripture while study
+and memorization provide a microscopic view of scripture.  Meditating on the
+scriptures brings hearing, reading, studying and memorization together and
+cements the word in our minds.</para>
+
+<sect2 id="h2-basics-approaches-hear"><title>Hear</title>
+<para>Lk.11:28 <quote>blessed are those who hear the word of God, and
+observe it.</quote></para>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="h2-basics-approaches-read"><title>Read</title>
+<para>Rev.1:3 <quote>Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this
+prophecy [...]</quote></para>
+<para>1 Tim.4:13 <quote>give attention to the public reading of Scripture [...]</quote>
+</para>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="h2-basics-approaches-study"><title>Study</title>
+<para>Acts 17:11 <quote>Now these were more noble-minded than those in
+Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the
+Scriptures daily, to see whether these things were so.</quote>
+</para>
+<para>2 Tim.2:15 <quote>Be diligent [KJV `Study'] to present yourself
+approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, handling
+accurately the word of truth.</quote></para>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="h2-basics-approaches-memorize"><title>Memorize</title>
+<para>Ps.119:11 <quote>Thy word I have hid in my heart, that I may not
+sin against Thee.</quote></para>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="h2-basics-approaches-meditate"><title>Meditate</title>
+<para>Ps.1:2-3 <quote>But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And
+in His law he meditates day and night. And he will be like a tree firmly planted
+by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season, And its leaf does not
+wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers.</quote>
+</para>
+
+<para>The Navigators illustrate this by saying that as the thumb can touch all
+the fingers, we can meditate on the Word as we do any of the first four.
+Meditation is a key to revelation. A new Christian needs to hear and read the
+Bible more than they need to study and memorize it. This is so that they become
+familiar with the overall message of the Bible.</para>
+</sect2>
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="h2-basics-types"><title>Types of Bible Studies</title>
+<sect2 id="basics-types-topical"><title>Topical Study</title>
+<para>Pick out a certain topic and follow it through, using cross-references or a
+concordance.</para>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="h2-basics-types-character"><title>Character Study</title>
+<para>Studying the life of a Bible character, e.g. Joseph's life in
+Gen.37-50.</para>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="basics-types-expository"><title>Expository Study</title>
+<para>Studying a certain passage:  paragraph, chapter, or book.</para>
+</sect2>
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="h2-basics-interpretation"><title>Basics of Correct Interpretation</title>
+
+<sect2 id="h2-basics-interpretation-content"><title>Content</title>
+<para>What does it say?  What does it say in the original language?  Be careful
+with definitions. Don't read into it what it doesn't say.</para>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="h2-basics-interpretation-context"><title>Context</title>
+<para>What do the verses around it say?  &quot;Context is king&quot; is the rule -- the passage must make
+sense within the structure of the entire passage and book.</para>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="h2-basics-interpretation-cross"><title>Cross-reference</title>
+<para>What do other verses about this subject say through the rest of the Bible?  God
+doesn't contradict Himself, so our interpretation needs to stand the test of other scriptures.</para>
+</sect2>
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="h2-basics-expository"><title>An Expository Study of Matthew 6:1-18</title>
+<para>Let's study together Mt.6:1-18.  Read it to yourself, first looking for the key verse, the verse that sums
+up the whole passage.  Think you have it?  Test it by picking different places in the passage and asking yourself
+if they relate to the thought of the key verse.  Once you find it, write it as Roman numeral One of your outline:</para>
+
+<orderedlist numeration="upperroman">
+	<listitem><para>Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed</para></listitem>
+</orderedlist>
+
+<para>What does <quote>practicing your righteousness</quote> mean?  Does the passage give any examples?  What area
+of our lives is being addressed? <emphasis>Our motives!</emphasis> What sub-headings develop this thought?</para>
+
+<orderedlist numeration="upperalpha">
+	<listitem><para>When you give</para></listitem>
+ 	<listitem><para>When you fast</para></listitem>
+ 	<listitem><para>When you pray</para></listitem>
+</orderedlist>
+
+<para>Now fill in the outline with specific instructions of how to avoid wrong ways of practicing our
+righteousness:</para>
+
+<orderedlist numeration="upperalpha">
+  <listitem><para>When you give
+  	<orderedlist numeration="loweralpha">
+		<listitem><para>don't sound a trumpet.  (how might someone <quote>sound a trumpet</quote> today?)</para></listitem>
+     		<listitem><para>do it secretly.</para></listitem>
+		<listitem><para>etc.</para></listitem>
+	</orderedlist></para>
+  </listitem>
+</orderedlist>
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="h2-basics-worksheet"><title>Worksheet: How to Use a Concordance</title>
+
+<sect2 id="h2-basics-worksheet-select"><title>To Find a Particular Verse</title>
+<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+	<listitem><para>Pick out a key word or most-unusual word of the verse.</para></listitem>
+	<listitem><para>Turn to this word alphabetically.</para></listitem>
+ 	<listitem><para>Go down the column of listings until you find your verse.</para></listitem>
+</orderedlist>
+	
+<para>Find these verses:
+<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+	<listitem><para><quote>Faithful are the wounds of a friend</quote></para></listitem>
+	<listitem><para><quote>We are ambassadors of Christ.</quote></para></listitem>
+	<listitem><para>The story of the rich man and Lazarus.</para></listitem>
+</orderedlist>
+</para>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="h2-basics-worksheet-study"><title>To Do a Topical Study </title>
+<para>Let's say you wanted to do a study of the word &quot;redemption.&quot;  First you would look up that word in the
+concordance and look up references listed for it.  Then you could look up related words and references listed for them, e.g.
+&quot;redeem, redeemed, ransom,&quot; even &quot;buy&quot; or &quot;bought.&quot; </para>
+</sect2>
+
+
+<sect2 id="h2-basics-worksheet-clarify"><title>To Clarify Word Meanings in the Greek and Hebrew</title>
+<para>What if you noticed a contradiction in the KJV between Mt.7:1 <quote>Judge not lest you be judged</quote> and 1 Cor.2:15
+<quote>He that is spiritual judgeth all things.</quote>  Maybe there are two different Greek words here, both being translated &quot;judge&quot; in
+English?  (We're using Strong's from here out.) </para>
+<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+	<listitem><para>Look up &quot;judge&quot;.</para></listitem>
+	<listitem><para>Go down the column of entries to Mt.7:1.  To the right is a number, 2919.  This refers to the Greek word used.
+	Write it down.</para></listitem>
+	<listitem><para>Now look up &quot;judgeth&quot;.</para></listitem>
+	<listitem><para>Go down the column to 1 Cor.2:15  . . . . . 350.</para></listitem>
+	<listitem><para>Turn in the back to the Greek dictionary.  (Remember, you're in the NT so the language is Greek, while the
+	OT is Hebrew.)  Compare the meaning of 2919 with the meaning of 350 and you have your answer! </para></listitem>
+</orderedlist>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="h2-basics-worksheet-names"><title>To Find Meanings of Names</title>
+<para>By the same process we can find the meaning of a name in the Greek or Hebrew.</para>
+<para>Look up these names and write down their meaning:</para>
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>Nabal</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Abigail</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Joshua</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Barnabus</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+</sect2> 
+
+</sect1>
+
+</chapter>
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+<chapter id="h2-importance"><title>Importance of God's Word</title>
+<para>Understanding God's word is of great importance to all who call on
+God's name.  Study of the Bible is one of the primary ways that we learn to
+communicate with God.</para>
+
+<sect1 id="h2-importance-unique"><title>A Book that is Unique</title>
+<para>The Bible stands alone in many ways.  It is unique in:</para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+popularity.  Bible sales in North America:  more than $500 million per
+year. The Bible is both the the all-time and year-to-year best seller!
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+authorship.  It was written over a period of 1600 years by 40 different
+authors from different backgrounds, yet reads as if written by one.
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+preservation.  F. F. Bruce in <emphasis>Are New Testament Documents Reliable?</emphasis>
+compares New Testament manuscripts with other ancient texts:
+</para>
+</listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+<table>
+<title>Comparison of New Testament manuscripts with other ancient texts.</title>
+<tgroup cols="5">
+<thead>
+<row>
+<entry>Work</entry>
+<entry>When Written</entry>
+<entry>Earliest Copy</entry>
+<entry>Time Lapse</entry><entry>Number of Copies</entry>
+</row></thead>
+<tbody>
+<row>
+<entry>Herodotus</entry>
+<entry>448-428 B.C.</entry><entry>900 A.D.</entry>
+<entry>1300 years</entry><entry>8
+</entry></row>
+<row>
+<entry>Tacitus</entry>
+<entry>100 A.D.</entry><entry>1100 A.D.</entry>
+<entry>1000 years</entry><entry>20
+</entry></row>
+<row>
+<entry>Caesar's <emphasis>Gallic War</emphasis></entry>
+<entry>50-58 B.C.</entry><entry>900 A.D.</entry>
+<entry>950 years</entry><entry>10
+</entry></row>
+<row>
+<entry>Livy's <emphasis>Roman History</emphasis></entry>
+<entry>59 B.C. - 17 A.D.</entry><entry>900 A.D.</entry>
+<entry>900 years</entry><entry>20
+</entry></row>
+<row>
+<entry>New Testament</entry>
+<entry>40 A.D. - 100 A.D.</entry><entry>130 A.D. Partial manuscripts 350
+A.D. Full manuscripts</entry> <entry>30 - 310 years</entry><entry>5000 Greek &amp; 10,000 Latin
+</entry></row>
+</tbody></tgroup></table>
+<para>Ten copies of Caesar's <emphasis>Gallic War</emphasis> exist, the earliest of which was copied
+900 years after Caesar wrote the original, etc.  For the New Testament we have
+full manuscripts dating to 350 A. D., papyri containing most of the New
+Testament from the 200s, and a fragment of John's gospel from 130 A. D.  How
+many manuscripts do we have to compare to each other?  5,000 in Greek and 10,000
+in Latin!  </para>
+<blockquote><attribution>Textual critic F. J. A. Hort, "The New Testament in the
+Original Greek", vol. 1 p561, Macmillan Co., quoted in <emphasis>Questions of Life</emphasis> p.
+25-26</attribution><para>"In the verity and fullness of the evidence on which
+it rests, the text of the New Testament stands absolutely and unapproachably
+alone among other ancient prose writings." </para></blockquote>
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="h2-importance-breathed"><title>A Book that God Breathed</title>
+<para><emphasis>Heb.4:12 </emphasis>"<emphasis>For the word of God is living and active...
+</emphasis>" Jesus said <emphasis>(Mt.4:4),</emphasis>
+"<emphasis>It is written, Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that
+proceeds [lit., is proceeding] from the mouth of God.</emphasis>"
+As we read the Bible, God's Spirit is there to speak it to our hearts in a continually-fresh way.
+</para>
+<para>2 Tim.3:16 declares, "<emphasis>All scripture is inspired by God [lit.,
+God-breathed].</emphasis>"  Do you believe this?  Before you answer, consider Jesus' attitude
+toward the Scriptures.  </para>
+<blockquote><attribution>John R.W. Stott, <emphasis>Christ the Controversialist</emphasis>,
+InterVarsity Press 1978, pp.93-95 </attribution><para>He referred to the human authors, but took it for
+granted that behind them all was a single divine Author.  He could equally say
+'Moses said' or 'God said' (Mk.7:10). He could quote a comment of the narrator in
+Genesis 2:24 as an utterance of the Creator Himself (Mt.19:4-5).  Similarly He
+said, 'Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written', when what He
+went on to quote is the direct speech of the Lord God (Mk.7:6 &amp; Is.29:13).  It
+is from Jesus Himself that the New Testament authors have gained their
+conviction of the dual authorship of Scripture.  For them it was just as true to
+say that 'God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets' (Heb.1:1) as it was to
+say that 'men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God' (2 Pe.1:21).  God did not
+speak in such a way as to obliterate the personality of the human authors, nor
+did men speak in such a way as to corrupt the Word of the divine Author.  God
+spoke.  Men spoke.  Neither truth must be allowed to detract from the other. ...
+</para>
+<para>
+This, then, was Christ's view of the Scriptures.  Their witness was God's
+witness. The testimony of the Bible is the testimony of God.  And the chief
+reason why the Christian believes in the divine origin of the Bible is that
+Jesus Christ Himself taught it.  </para></blockquote>
+
+<para>2 Tim.3:16 goes on, "<emphasis>and profitable for teaching, for
+correction, for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be adequate,
+equipped for every good work.</emphasis>"  If we accept that the Bible really is God
+speaking to us, it follows that it will be our authority in all matters of faith
+and conduct. </para>
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="h2-importance-works"><title>A Book that Works</title>
+<para>
+What will studying the Bible do for you?  1 Thess.2:13 says that the Bible
+"<emphasis>performs its work in you
+who believe.</emphasis>"  Beside each scripture, write down the work the Word
+performs.
+</para>
+<table>
+<title>What does Bible study do for Christians?</title>
+<tgroup cols="2">
+<thead>
+<row>
+<entry>Reference</entry>
+<entry>Action</entry>
+</row>
+</thead>
+<tbody>
+<row>
+<entry>Eph. 5:26
+</entry>
+<entry>cleanses -- "...having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word."
+</entry>
+</row>
+<row>
+<entry>
+Acts 20:32
+</entry>
+<entry>
+builds up --
+"
+...the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the
+inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
+"
+</entry>
+</row>
+<row>
+<entry>
+Rom. 15:4
+</entry>
+<entry>
+encourages -- "that through perseverance and the
+encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope."
+</entry>
+</row>
+
+<row>
+<entry>
+Rom. 10:17
+</entry>
+<entry>
+gives faith --
+"So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of
+Christ."
+</entry>
+</row>
+
+<row>
+<entry>
+1 Cor. 10:11
+</entry>
+<entry>
+instructs --
+"Now these things happened to them for an example,
+and they were written for our instruction"
+</entry>
+</row>
+
+<row>
+<entry>
+Mt. 4:4
+</entry>
+<entry>
+nourishment --
+"But He answered and said, 'It is written, Man shall not live on bread alone,
+but on every word that proceeds out of the
+mouth of God.'"
+</entry>
+</row>
+</tbody>
+</tgroup>
+</table>
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="h2-importance-liberates"><title>A Book that Liberates</title>
+<para>
+Jn.8:32 "<emphasis>and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you
+free.</emphasis>"This is usually quoted by
+itself.  Is this a conditional or unconditional promise?  Would it apply to
+all kinds of knowledge?  Find the answers by examining the first half of the
+sentence, in v.31. "<emphasis>If you abide in My word, then you are truly disciples of
+Mine... </emphasis>"</para>
+<para>We see that this is a conditional promice, specifically speaking of the truth of God's word.</para>
+
+<para>The Greek word for "wind" used in Eph.4:14 means a <emphasis>violent wind.</emphasis>
+"<emphasis>As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by
+waves, and carried about by every wind of doctrine...</emphasis>"One
+thing studying the Bible does for us is to ground us in the truth, with the
+result that we won't be easily "blown away."</para>
+
+<para><emphasis>But Jesus answered and said to them, </emphasis>"<emphasis>You are mistaken [KJV Ye do err], not
+understanding the Scriptures, or the power of God.</emphasis>"Mt.22:29</para>
+<para>What 2 things do we need to know to be kept from error?</para>
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>God's word</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>God's power </para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="h2-importance-wars"><title>A Book that Wars</title>
+<para>
+Eph.6:10-18 is one picture of our spiritual armament.</para>
+<table>
+<title>Spiritual Armor</title>
+<tgroup cols="2">
+<thead>
+<row>
+<entry>Question</entry>
+<entry>Answer</entry>
+</row></thead>
+<tbody>
+<row><entry>How many of the weapons listed here are defensive weapons?</entry><entry>5</entry></row>
+<row><entry>How many are offensive?</entry><entry>One</entry></row>
+<row><entry>Which one(s)? </entry><entry>the word - <foreignphrase>rhema</foreignphrase></entry></row>
+</tbody></tgroup></table>
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="h2-importance-exhortations"><title>Exhortations</title>
+<para>
+2 Tim.2:15 (KJV) "<emphasis>Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly
+dividing the word of truth.</emphasis>"
+</para>
+<para>
+Col.3:16 "<emphasis>Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you; with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another
+with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.</emphasis>"
+</para>
+
+<para>If you're rich in something, how much of it do you
+have? </para>
+<para>
+Not a little!</para>
+
+<para>
+Eccl.12:11-12 "<emphasis>The words of wise men are like goads, and masters of these
+collections are like well-driven nails; they are given by one Shepherd.  But
+beyond this, my son, be warned:  the writing of many books is endless, and
+excessive devotion to books is wearying to the body.</emphasis>"
+</para> </sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="h2-importance-once"><title>Appendix: "Once for
+All"</title>
+<blockquote>
+<attribution>John R. W. Stott, <emphasis>Christ the Controversialist,</emphasis>
+InterVarsity Press 1978, pp.106-107</attribution> <para>The truth regarding the
+finality of God's initiative in Christ is conveyed by one word of the Greek
+Testament, namely the adverb <foreignphrase>hapax</foreignphrase> and
+<foreignphrase>ephapax</foreignphrase>. It is usually translated in the
+Authorized Version once, meaning once for all. It is used of what is so done as
+to be of perpetual validity and never need repetition, and is applied in the NT
+to both revelation and redemption.  Thus, Jude refers to the faith which was
+once for all delivered to the saints (Jude 3), and Romans says,
+"<emphasis>Christ also died for sins once for all</emphasis>"
+(Rom.6:10, see also 1 Pe.3:18; Heb.9:26-28). </para> <para>
+Thus we may say that God has spoken once
+for all and Christ has suffered once for all.  This means that the Christian
+revelation and the Christian redemption are both alike in Christ complete.
+Nothing can be added to either without being derogatory to Christ...  These are
+the two rocks on which the Protestant Reformation was built -- Gods revealed
+word without the addition of human traditions and Christ's finished work without
+the addition of human merits.  The Reformers great watchwords were <foreignphrase>sola
+scriptura</foreignphrase> for our authority and <foreignphrase>sola gratia</foreignphrase> for our salvation.</para>
+</blockquote>
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="h2-importance-supplement"><title>Supplement: Bible Reading
+Programs</title> <para> Here are some easy programs to systematically read your
+Bible.  You can do more than one at a time if you like, for instance #1 with #4,
+or #2 with #5.  Vary the program from year to year to keep it fresh!
+</para>
+<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
+<listitem><para>New Testament in a Year: read one chapter each day, 5 days a
+week.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Proverbs in a Month: read one chapter of Proverbs each day,
+corresponding to the day of the month.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Psalms in a Month: read 5 Psalms at intervals of 30 each day,
+for instance on the 20th you read Ps.20, 50, 80, 110, &amp; 140.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Psalms &amp; Proverbs in 6 months: read through Psalms and Proverbs
+one chapter per day.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Old Testament without Psalms &amp; Proverbs in 2 years: if
+you read one chapter a day of the Old Testament, skipping over Psalms &amp; Proverbs, you will read the Old Testament in 2 years and 2 weeks.
+</para></listitem>
+</orderedlist>
+</sect1>
+
+</chapter>
+
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+<chapter id="h2-rules"><title>Rules of Bible Interpretation (Hermeneutics)</title>
+<para>We already learned about the "3 Cs": content, context, cross-reference.  We want to expand that now by
+delving briefly into biblical hermeneutics, whose goal is to discover the meaning intended by the original author (and
+Author!).  While many applications of a passage are valid, only one interpretation is valid. The scripture itself says
+this by saying that no scripture is of any private interpretation (2 Pe.1:20 KJV <quote>Knowing this first, that no
+prophesy of scripture is of any private interpretation.</quote>). Certain rules are helps toward discovering the correct meaning;
+by ignoring these rules people have brought much trouble on themselves and their followers.  2 Pe.3:16 <quote>...in which are
+some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to
+their own destruction.</quote></para>
+
+<para>How do we go about discovering the intended meaning of a passage?  Let's say your attention has been
+drawn to a particular verse whose meaning is not clear to you.  How do you study it out?  Keep these rules in mind:</para>
+
+<section id="h2-rules-exact"><title>Rule 1 - Interpret according to the exact meaning of the words.</title>
+<para>The more precise we can be with the exact, original meaning of the words the better our interpretation will be.
+Try to find the exact meaning of the key words by following these steps:</para>
+
+<orderedlist>
+	<listitem>
+		<formalpara><title>Definition</title>
+		<para>Look up the definition in a Greek or Hebrew dictionary.  For verbs, the verb tense is also crucial.</para>
+		</formalpara>
+	</listitem>
+	
+	<listitem>
+		<formalpara><title>Cross-reference</title>
+		<para>Compare scripture with scripture.  Seeing how the same Greek or Hebrew word
+		(not the English word) is used in scripture may clarify or throw new light on the definition.  How does the same author
+		use this word elsewhere?  Other authors?  Your reference tools may give you uses of the word in non-biblical
+		documents, as well.  Why do we have to go to the original languages; why isn't the English word good enough?
+		<emphasis>Because more than one greek word may be translated into the same english word, and the greek
+		words may have different shades of meaning.</emphasis></para>
+		</formalpara>
+	</listitem>
+</orderedlist>
+
+<section id="h2-rules-exact-crossref-ex1a"><title>Example 1A</title>
+<para>Jn.20:17 <emphasis>"Touch me not"</emphasis> (KJV) sounds harsh, doesn't it?  Sounds like Jesus doesn't want
+to be touched now that He is risen, that He is too holy or something.  But that doesn't seem right, so let's look
+it up in Spiros Zodhiates' <emphasis>The Complete Word Study New Testament</emphasis> (AMG Publishers, 1991).</para>
+
+<para>Definition:  Turning to John 20:17, above the word "Touch" we see "pim680."  The letters
+give us a code for the part of speech, and the number refers to Strong's dictionary reference.  Let's look up
+the definition  (p. 879).  "680.  Haptomai; from hapto (681), touch.  Refers to such handling of an object as to exert a modifying
+influence upon it... Distinguished from pselaphao (5584), which actually only means to touch the surface of something. "   Now look
+up "pim."  The grammar codes in Zodhiates come right after Revelation; on p. 849 we see that pim stands for
+"present imperative active (80)".  On p.857, "Present Imperative.  In the active voice, it may indicate a command to do
+something in the future which involves continuous or repeated action or, when it is negated, a command to stop doing something. " This
+is a negative command, so it is to stop doing something that is already occuring.  So, what have we found?</para>
+<para><emphasis>Mary is already clinging to Jesus, and he is saying to stop holding him!</emphasis></para>
+</section>
+
+<section id="h2-rules-exact-crossref-ex1b"><title>Example 1B</title>
+<para>In James 5:14, <emphasis>Elders are told to pray and anoint someone who is sick</emphasis>.  What is this anointing?</para>
+<para>Definition of aleipho (218) - "to oil" (Strong's); but we also have another Greek word translated
+"anoint", chrio (5548) - "to smear or rub with oil, i.e. to consecrate to an office or religious service" (Strong's).
+ Since it's a verb, consider the tense also, "apta" aorist participle active.  "The aorist participle expresses simple action,
+as opposed to continuous action...When its relaitonship to the main verb is temporal, it usually signifies action prior to that of the main
+verb." (Zodhiates p.851)</para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>Cross-references for aleipho:
+	<orderedlist>
+		<listitem><para>Mt.6:17 But you, when you fast, anoint your head</para></listitem>
+		<listitem><para>Mk.16:1 [the women] brought spices that they might come and anoint Him.</para></listitem>
+		<listitem><para>Mk.6:13 And they were...anointing with oil many sick people and healing them.</para></listitem>
+		<listitem><para>Lk.7:38 [...] kissing His feet and anointing them with the perfume</para></listitem>
+		<listitem><para>Jn.12:3 Mary [...] anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped them with her hair</para></listitem>
+	</orderedlist></para>
+</listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>Cross-references of chrio:
+	<orderedlist>
+		<listitem><para>Lk.4:18 <quote>The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me to preach [...]</quote></para></listitem>
+		<listitem><para>Acts 4:27 Jesus, whom Thou hast anointed</para></listitem>
+		<listitem><para>Acts 10:38 God anointed Jesus with the Holy Ghost and power</para></listitem>
+		<listitem><para>2 Cor.1:21 Now He who...anointed us is God</para></listitem>
+	</orderedlist></para>
+</listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+<para>So what's the difference between aleipho and chrio?  Look back over the cross-references and the
+definitions, and sum up the difference:   <emphasis>&quot;aleipho&quot; is a practical use of oil and &quot;chrio&quot; is a spiritual</emphasis></para>
+
+<para>As an illustration (although the word is not used) of the practical use of oil at that time, when the good
+Samaritan cared for the man beat up by robbers he poured oil and wine in the wound.  So oil had a medicinal
+use in Jesus' day.
+</para>
+<para>Now let's apply what we just learned by this word study to James 5:14  <emphasis>"Is any among you sick?  Let
+him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the
+Lord."</emphasis>  Is "anointing" spiritual or practical?   Practical!</para>
+<para>
+And the tense in Greek, the aorist participle, would
+be better translated "having anointed," so the order is the anointing first, then the prayer ("in the name of the
+Lord"refers to the prayer, not the anointing).  James 5 is saying that the elders should give the sick person
+medicine and pray for him in the name of the Lord.  Doesn't that express a beautiful balance of practical and
+spiritual in our God!
+</para>
+</section>
+</section>
+
+<section id="h2-rules-context">
+<title>Rule 2 - Interpret within the biblical
+context</title>
+<para>Interpret scripture in harmony with other scripture.  What do the
+verses on each side say?  What is the theme of the chapter?  the book?  Does your interpretation fit with these?  If not,
+it is flawed.  Usually, the context supplies what we need to correctly interpret the passage.  Context is key.  If
+confusion remains as to the meaning after we have interpreted the text within its context, we have to look further.</para>
+
+<section id="h2-rules-context-ex2a"><title>Example 2A</title>
+<para>In a previous lesson we considered Jn.3:5 <emphasis>"born of water and the Spirit."</emphasis>  In context, what is
+the water under discussion here?</para>
+<para>Water baptism is not under discussion here, which would be a big switch from the subject being
+discussed by Jesus and Nicodemus.  Watch out for a sudden change of topic, it may be a clue that your
+interpretation has been derailed!  The water is the amniotic fluid, "born of water" = natural birth.</para>
+</section>
+<section id="h2-rules-context-ex2b"><title>Example 2B</title>
+<para>1 Cor.14:34  <quote>Let the women keep silent in the churches</quote>  has to be taken within the biblical
+context of 1 Cor.11:5 <quote>every woman [...] while praying or prophesying [...]</quote></para>
+</section>
+<section id="h2-rules-context-ex2c"><title>Example 2C</title>
+<para>Acts 2:38 <quote>And Peter said to them, &quot;Repent,
+and let each of you be baptized in the name of
+Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins [...]&quot;</quote>.  Is this teaching baptismal regeneration?  If this was the
+only verse of scripture we had, we would have to conclude that.  But in the light of the clear teaching
+elsewhere that regeneration happens by faith in Christ, we have to interpret it otherwise.  Peter is urging
+baptism as a way for his hearers to respond to the gospel.  If baptism were the pathway to being born again,
+how could Paul write 1 Cor.1:17 <emphasis>"For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel"</emphasis>?
+</para>
+</section>
+</section>
+
+<section id="h2-rules-hcontest">
+<title>Rule 3 - Interpret within the historical and cultural context</title>
+<para>
+At first we are not asking  <quote>What does it mean to me?</quote> but <quote>What did it mean to the original readers?</quote>; later we can ask, <quote>What does it mean to me?</quote>.
+We have to take into account the historical and cultural background of the author and the recipients.</para>
+
+<section id="h2-rules-hcontest-ex3a"><title>Example 3A</title><para>  <quote>3 days &amp; 3 nights</quote> (Mt.12:40) have
+led some to come up with a "Wednesday crucifixion theory," 
+esp. the cult of Armstrongism.  How could Jesus die on Friday afternoon and rise Sunday morning
+yet "be raised on the third day" (Mt.16:21)?  Exact meanings of "three" or "days" won't help explain the
+apparent contradiction.</para>
+<para>We need an historical tidbit: Jews counted any part of a day as a full day, as we would count buckets
+of water (if there were six and one-half buckets of water, we would say there were 7 buckets of water even if one was only partly full).  So to the Jewish
+mind, any part of a day counted as a full day, and days started at 6 p.m. and ended at 6 p.m.  Friday from 3
+p.m. to 6 p.m. = day 1.  Friday 6 p.m. to Saturday 6 p.m. = day 2.  Saturday 6 p.m. to Sunday 5 or so a.m. =
+day 3.  Interpreting within the cultural context keeps us out of trouble.</para>
+</section>
+
+<section id="h2-rules-hcontest-ex3b"><title>Example 3B</title><para>Gen.15:7-21.  The historical context
+is that cutting animals in two and then walking between
+the pieces was the normal way of entering a contract in Abraham's day.  Both parties walked between, taking
+the pledge that dismemberment would happen to them if they didn't live up to their part of the contract.  But
+in this case only God goes thru, making it a unilateral covenant.</para>
+</section>
+</section>
+
+<section id="h2-rules-normal"><title>Rule 4 - Interpret according to the normal usage of words in language</title>
+<para>Let literal language be literal and
+figurative language be figurative.  And watch out for idioms, which have special meanings.</para>
+
+<section id="h2-rules-normal-ex4a"><title>Example 4A</title>
+<para><quote>evil eye</quote> in Mt.6:23.</para>
+<para>Rule 1, definition of "evil" and "eye" - no help here.  Rule 2, context:  seems to confuse us even
+more.  It doesn't seem to fit with what goes before and after!  This should tip us off that we aren't
+understanding it rightly!!</para>
+<para>What we have here is a Hebrew idiom,  <quote>evil eye</quote>.  Let's look up other uses of this idiom: Mt.20:15
+"<emphasis>Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with what is my own?  Or is your eye envious [lit."evil"] because I
+am generous [lit. "good"]?</emphasis>"  We find that having an "evil eye" is a Hebrew idiom for being stingy or envious.
+Now go back to Mt.6 and notice how this understanding ties in so perfectly to the context.</para>
+</section>
+
+<section id="h2-rules-normal-ex4b"><title>Example 4B</title>
+<para>Is.59:1 <quote>The Lord's hand is not short;</quote></para>
+<para>Deut.33:27 <quote>Underneath are the everlasting arms.</quote></para>
+<para>
+References to body parts of God are used by Latter-Day Saints to prove that God was once a man just as we
+are.  Once they convince people of that, they go on to teach that we can become God just like He is!  At a
+lecture he was giving, a group of Mormon elders challenged Walter Martin (author of <emphasis>Kingdom of the Cults</emphasis>)
+with an enumeration of verses like these.  Dr. Martin then asked the Mormons to read one more scripture:
+Ps.91:4  <quote>He will cover you with His feathers; And under His wings shalt thou trust</quote>.  W.M. said, <quote>By the same
+rules of interpretation that you just proved God to be a man, you just proved that He is a bird</quote>.  The Mormons
+had to laugh as they realised the ridiculousness of their position.
+</para>
+</section>
+</section>
+
+<section id="h2-rules-parables"><title>Rule 5 - Understand the purpose of parables and the difference between a parable and an allegory</title>
+<para>An allegory is: <emphasis>A story where each element has a meaning.</emphasis></para>
+<para>Every parable is an allegory, true or false?</para>
+
+<para>Some parables are allegories, for instance, the parable of the sower is an allegory:  the seed is the word of
+God, the thorns are worries and greed, etc.  But most parables are not allegories but simply stories to illustrate one
+point.    It's dangerous to get our doctrine from parables; they can be twisted to say all sorts of things.  We need to get
+our doctrine from clear scriptures that lay it out; then if a parable illustrates that, fine.</para>
+
+<section id="h2-rules-parables-ex5a"><title>Example 5A</title>
+<para>The parable of the widow with the unrighteous judge in Lk.18:1-8. This story illustrates one
+lesson:  boldness in prayer.  If we draw it into an allegory, what do we have?</para>
+<para>All sorts of violence happens to the meanings: God is reluctant to protect the rights of widows, prayer
+"bothers" Him, etc.</para></section>
+
+<section id="h2-rules-parables-ex5b"><title>Example 5B</title>
+<para>The parable of the unrighteous steward in Lk.16:1-9.   What is the point of the parable?  Is it
+an allegory? </para>
+<para>The steward is commended for only one thing, his shrewdness in using what he had to prepare for a
+time when he wouldn't have it.  But he is not commended for his unethical behavior in cheating his master. </para>
+</section>
+
+</section>
+</chapter>
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