BIB213 Hermeneutics                                                                        Name: ___________________

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Study Questions for Doriani’s lectures on Hermeneutics:

 

I.       The Parable of the Good Samaritan

 

            a.         According to Doriani what can someone do to earn eternal life?

            b.         What does “justify”/”justify oneself” mean?

 

 

            c.         Why is it important to the parable that the injured man has no outer clothing and is unconscious?

 

 

            d.         What reasons did the priest have for not helping? Why were they bad reasons? Why not?

 

 

            e.         Why would it have been so shocking in the 1st century that the hero of this parable was a Samaritan?

 

 

            f.         Where else in the Gospels does Jesus show compassion? What are some of Doriani’s examples?

II.      The Parable of the Banquet

 

            a.         Where was Jesus when he gave the Parable of the Banquet found in Luke 14:16-24 and why is this historical setting significant?

 

 

 

            b.         Where were the best seats at the table and what made them the best?

 

 

            c.         What is wrong with the 3 excuses that are made for not coming?

 

 

            d.         Whom does the host of this banquet represent?

 

 

            e.         Whom do those 1st invited (who agree to come but then later refuse) represent?

 

 

            f.         Whom do those from far away and outside the city represent?

 

 

            g.         What is the proper relationship and sequence between obedience and love and why is this sequence so important?

III.    The Parable of the Prodigal Son(s)

Listen carefully to Doriani’s lecture and then on a separate sheet of paper write one to two paragraphs related to this parable and any thoughts it brought to your mind: What did you learn from this parable about God? Christ? Yourself? Give a personal insight, reflection, application of this parable, etc.