Chapter 6 Summary Similes, Metaphors, Proverbs, Parables, and Allegories pg 163

• Principles of General and Special Hermeneutics

• 1. Do a Historical-cultural and contextual, Lexical and Theological analysis
• 2. Identify the literary form and apply an appropriate analysis
• a. Look for explicit references that indicate author's intent and method
• b. No explicit indication – deduce from from characteristics
• c. Apply the principles of literary devices carefully not rigidly
• (1) Metaphors, similes, and proverbs – single points of comparison.
• (2) Parables – determine the central teaching
• (3) Allegories determine the multiple points of comparison intended by the author
• 3. State your understanding of the meaning of the passage.
• 4. Check that your meaning fits the immediate context and total context
• 5. Compare you work with others.

EXERCISES #49- 59 pg 164-165