Importance: 10%
The Big Idea: This is a method for reading the Bible taught by the 1600s Lutheran Gerhard. It is laid out in his book called A Method of Theological Study.
Cursory reading
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4 chapters a day
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two of Doctrinal books (epistles, etc.)
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two of historical books (Genesis, etc.)
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Summary of each chapter
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Make it through the Bible in a year
Deep or painstaking reading
- Textual notes using original language
- More detailed outline of the text
- Compare the text with how it is translated in various places from different traditions
- Resolution of apparent contradictions
- Solid sayings if the fathers
Goal of education is creating something useful and forming the person
Directed reading and note taking used as an important method for helping people think and meditate and grow
Disputation as a learning tool. There would be someone to preside over the debate. The respondent is in charge of defending the main thesis. Opponents would be more than one who are trying to argue against the thesis. Goal was not to win but to find the true and express it as convincingly and clearly as possible.