Overview
Following up Robert Traina's classic Methodical Bible Study, this book introduces the practice of inductive Bible study to a new generation of students, pastors, and church leaders. The authors, two seasoned educators with over sixty combined years of experience in the classroom, offer guidance on adopting an inductive posture and provide step-by-step instructions on how to do inductive Bible study. They engage in conversation with current hermeneutical issues, setting forth well-grounded principles and processes for biblical interpretation and appropriation. The process they present incorporates various methods of biblical study to help readers hear the message of the Bible on its own terms.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Eugene H. Peterson
Introduction
Part 1: Theoretical Foundations
1. Inductive Study
2. Transjective Study
3. Intentional and Rational Study
4. Re-Creative Study
5. Direct Study
6. Comprehensive and Integrated Study
7. Individual and Communal Study
8. Compositional Book Study
9. Canonical Study
10. Flexible Procedural Study
Part 2: Observing and Asking
11. Survey of Books-as-Wholes
12. Survey of Parts-as-Wholes (Divisions, Sections, Segments)
13. Focused Observation
Part 3: Answering or Interpreting
14. Selecting Questions and Formulating Premises
15. Drawing Inferences from the Premises
16. Implementing Interpretation
Part 4: Evaluating and Appropriating
17. Description of Evaluation and Appropriation
18. Implementing Evaluation and Appropriation
Part 5: Correlation
19. Character and Practice of Correlation
20. Implementing Correlation
Epilogue
Appendixes
Indexes
Introduction
Part 1: Theoretical Foundations
1. Inductive Study
2. Transjective Study
3. Intentional and Rational Study
4. Re-Creative Study
5. Direct Study
6. Comprehensive and Integrated Study
7. Individual and Communal Study
8. Compositional Book Study
9. Canonical Study
10. Flexible Procedural Study
Part 2: Observing and Asking
11. Survey of Books-as-Wholes
12. Survey of Parts-as-Wholes (Divisions, Sections, Segments)
13. Focused Observation
Part 3: Answering or Interpreting
14. Selecting Questions and Formulating Premises
15. Drawing Inferences from the Premises
16. Implementing Interpretation
Part 4: Evaluating and Appropriating
17. Description of Evaluation and Appropriation
18. Implementing Evaluation and Appropriation
Part 5: Correlation
19. Character and Practice of Correlation
20. Implementing Correlation
Epilogue
Appendixes
Indexes
Authors
David R. Bauer
David R. Bauer (PhD, Union Theological Seminary, Virginia) is Ralph Waldo Beeson Professor of Inductive Biblical Studies and dean of the School of Biblical Interpretation and Proclamation at Asbury Theological Seminary, where he has taught for more than thirty-five years. He is the author or coauthor of several books, including Inductive Bible Study and An Annotated Guide to Biblical Resources for Ministry.
Robert A. Traina
Robert A. Traina (1921-2010) was professor of English Bible at The Biblical Seminary in New York and at Asbury Theological Seminary for over forty years. He received his PhD from Drew University and authored the influential classic Methodical Bible Study.