Historical Cultural and Contextual Exercises

• Exercise 5 (pg 81)

• Proverbs 22: 28 Do not move the ancient boundary Which your fathers have set. (NASV) (FROM A REAL BIBLE 28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.)

• Which of the following sentences best conveys the true intent and meaning of this verse in its context?

• a. Do not make changes from the way we have always done things.
• b. Do not steal
• c. DO not remove the guideposts that direct travelers from town to town.
• d. None of the above.
• e. All of the above.

• In the next paragraph Virkler adds “The answer to exercise 5 is (b). If you answered either (a) or ©, it is likely that you came to the text subconsciously asking 'What does this text mean to me?

• Let me express some contention with Virkler's gross simplification of this verse.

• See Exercises 7-18 pg 93