EVANGELICAL THEOLOGICAL COLEGE
Exegesis, Worksheet #1
Exegesis for Exposition
Worksheet #1, ETC
Name: Zena Ali
1. According to Klein, Blomberg, and Hubbard: “In essence, then, hermeneutics involves
interpreting or explaining.
2. What is the answer of Klein, Blomberg, and Hubbard to the question: “Does the Holy Spirit tell people
what the Bible means”? (Answer: approximately 25-30 words)
Answer: The Holy Spirit enables believers to grasp and live by God's truth but does not directly reveal
the meaning of Scripture. Diligent study is still essential for interpretation.
3. According to Klein, Blomberg, and Hubbard, how do we “avoid interpretation that is arbitrary,
erroneous, or that simply suits personal whim”? (10 words)
Answer: By Following established methods and principles and deliberate approach based on sensible and
agreed-upon principles.
4. According to the lecture, the “whole point of exegesis” is to know God and Worship
God, and then to tell about him.
5. According to Klein, Blomberg, and Hubbard, what does “locution,” “illocution,” and “perlocution”
mean? (25-30 words)
Answer:Locution-Refers to what is spoken or written.
Illocution-Identifies the intention the speaker or writer has by using those specific words.
Perlocution-Refers to what the speaker or writer envisioned the outcome.
6. What are some biblical references (according to Klein, Blomberg and Hubbard) that “remain
incomprehensible to most modern readers”? (25 words)
Answer:At Hosea 10 points to many references that remain incomprehensible to most modern readers:
calf-idol of Beth Aven (v. 5); Assyria (v. 6); Ephraim (v. 6); “Israel will be ashamed of its foreign
alliances” (v. 6); “the high places” (v. 8); “the evil doers in Gibeah” (v. 9); “a trained heifer” (v. 11); and
“Shalman devastated Beth Arbel on the day of battle” (v. 14).
7. According to Klein, Blomberg, and Hubbard, what are specific challenges related to biblical
interpretation and the “distance of time”? (25-30 words)
Answer:Specific challenges related to biblical interpretation and the "distance of time" includes
understanding historical references that are far removed in the past and reckoning with the circumstances,
in which biblical texts were preserved, passed down, and written down by later individuals.
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8. According to Klein, Blomberg, and Hubbard, what is the erroneous, modern interpretation that many
people make with 1 Cor 3:16-17? (10 words)
Answer: The erroneous modern interpretation is applying individualism to 1 Cor 3:16-17. However, Paul
is referring to the corporate body of Christ as a temple in which God’s Spirit dwells.
9. According to Klein, Blomberg and Hubbard, how does Psalm 91 describe God’s protection? (15
words)
Answer: Psalm 91 describes God's protection as being available when unexpected or accidental harm
threatens.
10. According to Vanhoozer, “hermeneutics and exegesis” are “the theory and
practice of interpretation.”
11. According to Vanhoozer, what is the “ultimate goal of biblical theology”? (15 words)
Answer: is not to impose an alien framework onto Scripture but rather to let the Bible’s own theological
framework come to light.
12. According to Vanhoozer, why did Bultmann say that “exegesis without presuppositions is
impossible”? (20 words)
13. According to Vanhoozer, “Each of the major genres to be found in Scripture—narrative,
prophecy, apocalyptic, didactic, hymnic— contributes in its own way to the larger project of
testifying to the God of Israel and of Jesus Christ.”
14. According to Vanhoozer, “In the final analysis,” what is “the best way to describe ‘what (the text)
meant’”? (10 words)
Answer:In the final analysis, the best way to describe ‘what it meant’ is to interpret a given passage of
Scripture in its linguistic-historical, literary, and canonical context.
15. What does Vanhoozer mean by this statement?: “Hermeneutics is inevitable, not because the biblical
texts are unclear but because the aims and interests of the interpreter often are” (25-30 words)
Answer: Vanhoozer is pointing out that the necessity of interpretation (hermeneutics) arises from the
subjective aims and interests that interpreters bring to the text, rather than from any inherent clarity issues
within the biblical texts themselves.
16. “I have carefully read all the assigned pages (1-34) from the Reader for this assignment.” Yes 100%.
