Chapter 5 Summary for Virkler's Hermeneutics pg 142

• Chapter 5 Summary

• Does the passage fit into the total pattern of God's revelation?

• Note That anyone with a Bible could come up with Dispensational Theology, Only one with ready access to the writings of 'scholars' could come up with Covenant Theology.

• The Steps in theological analysis are:

• 1) Determine your own view of the nature of God's relationship to human beings
• 2) Identify the implication of this view for the passage you are studying
• 3) Assess the extent of theological knowledge available to the people of that time.
• 4) Determine the meaning the passage possessed for its original recipients in light of their knowledge
• 5) Identify the additional knowledge about this topic that is available to us now because of later revelation. (analogy of faith)

• See Exercises 27-47 pg 145