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Week 1 Response Paper

Week 1 Response Paper

Q Week 1 Response Paper After completing the Week 1 reading assignment, respond to the questions below in a 3- to 4-page, double-spaced paper. Although the responses should be based upon a careful reading of the textbook, they should represent your own view. Where necessary, use in-text documentation to acknowledge sources. 1. On pages 5–18, Stein describes three different interpretive approaches, each distinguished by its “determiner of meaning,” i.e., text, reader, and author. After describing each approach, identify the approach’s strengths and weaknesses. 2. In Chapter 2, Stein uses a clearly defined vocabulary to describe biblical interpretation. Identify 3–4 such words and discuss their importance for interpretation. 3. How does Stein understand the role of the Holy Spirit in interpretation (Pages 60-64)? First summarize the author’s position and then write whether or not you agree or disagree with his position. Make sure you explain your position.

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In case of the interpretive approach utilizing the text, there is interpretation of meaning by literally taking the meaning of the text into consideration (Stein, 2011). Therefore, the literal meaning seems to be most important while utilizing this approach. The nature of such interpretation can mostly imply that literary text can be something not challengeable because of being autonomous (Stein, 2011). The free standing nature of literary text is also an implication of interpreting by utilizing the text (Stein, 2011). The strength of this approach is that there can be focus on the personalized and personified meaning of the text about some character/incident.