New Testament
Ada Yu
ExegesisPaperOverviewPPT2.pptx
Today’s Agenda
Background information on Christianity (Christians/ Jesus/ Bible/ Trinity)
Overview of Exegesis Paper
Exegesis Paper Due: Saturday, July 24th
Understanding the Bible
Old Testament
The stories of God’s relationship with humans
Before the birth of Jesus
Language: The Hebrew
39 books
New Testament
The stories of Jesus’ life and death
Records the events of the followers of Jesus
Language: The Greek
27 books
Christians believe that…
The Bible = the word of God and teaching humans how to live.
God has 3 identities (Trinity) = the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
Humans are not perfect and choose to disobey what God wants them to do => Sin
Who is Jesus?
lived in the time of Roman Empire
the Son of God
came to earth as a human being to show how to live
saved humans from their sins by dying on the cross
was alive after the death
became an example of salvation of the world.
Who are Christians?
Believe
In Jesus’ resurrection (coming back to life after death)
Try
to live like Jesus.
Try
to follow God’s teaching
Believe
Jesus saved humans from evil (salvation)
Believe
in eternal life in Heaven
Genre (features) in the Bible
Historical narrative: Genesis, Exodus
The law: Exodus
Wisdom literature: Proverbs, Job
Gospel: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
Letter: Romans, Galatians
Parables (story): lesson that Jesus teaches his disciples
Who wrote the Bible?
The bible was given by “inspiration of God.”
All books were written by holy men as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
God made His people to write down what He wanted to teach.
Common Capitalization Errors
God = He/His/ Him
Jesus
the Holy Spirit
the Lord
the Bible = biblical text
Christians non-believers
Jesus’ followers = disciples
Definition of ‘Exegesis’
= Critical interpretation of the text
(a.k.a. critical analysis)
Purpose of the Exegesis Paper
To analyze and interpret the meaning of text after reading a story from the Bible.
To explain the BIG IMPRESSION (lessons/theme) of the biblical text.
Due Date
Exegesis Paper Due: Saturday, July 24th @ 11:59PM
Overview of an Exegesis Essay (1000 words)
Title page
Introduction
Background paragraph
Body paragraphs (x3)
Conclusion
References
Introduction
Explain which text to analyze.
Introduce the main theme (Big impression) on the event/character.
Thesis statement
Thesis Statement Example
[Book #:#] reveals caring heart of Jesus through the following events: Event 1, Event 2, and Event 3.
Background Paragraph
1) historical situation/context (researched)
2) Book author & when the book was written(researched)
3) summary of the story you chose from the list (3 sentences).
4) Transition sentence
Do not use “direct quotes” & paraphrase all information with a citation.
Body paragraphs
Explain how BIG IMPRESSION is revealed in your Bible story.
Analyze and explain the meaning of the biblical text.
Body paragraph
Explain where you got the main idea/lesson from your Bible story
Explain the connection between your big impression with the “quotes”
Focus on your Bible story to analyze the meaning of the text.
No need to find “quotes” from other books.
Conclusion
Add a transition word (e.g., In conclusion) to begin the paragraph.
Summarize the key words (Big impression and roadmap) and what the paragraph has discussed.
Add modern application or a personal reflection at the end.
Conclusion
Option 1: modern application
- Explain how the story is relevant for Christians in modern society.
(ex: This story is relevant for Christians today because….)
Option 2: personal reflection
-Explain how the story is related to your own life.
-Use I/me/my to refer the personal application, but NOT you/we/our/us)
(ex: This story is relevant for myself because…)
Go to: www.Biblegateway.com
Type in your biblical text (in English) in a search bar.
Click a parallel to compare languages: Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified) (CCB) vs New International Version (NIV)
After you read the story, feel free to click the YouTube link from the assignment sheet to get some inspiration by watching the animation.
HOMEWORK
Choose the story from the list before July 10th
Begin your Task 8
Biblical text as evidence
Provide book, author & context (situation of the Bible verse) before “the quote from the Bible”
Citation for the bible: (Book 1:1).
Example:
In the book of Genesis, Moses writes when God speaks to him from a burning bush, “Quote”(Genesis 1:1).
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