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Bible 101

How to Study the Bible

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Start Here Introduction to the Bible — The Greatest Story Ever Told →
1
Getting Started
Weeks 1–2 · Why interpretation matters and what we mean by it
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Week 1 Why Interpretation Matters — And Why You Already Do It → Week 2 What Does the Bible Actually Mean? — Meaning and Authorial Intent →
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The Method
Weeks 3–5 · A reliable, repeatable way to study any passage
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Week 3 The Grammatical-Historical Method — Your Most Important Tool → Week 4 Paying Attention to the Words — Grammar and Sentence Structure → Week 5 Stepping Into Their World — Historical and Cultural Context →
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Context Is Everything
Weeks 6–8 · Reading at three levels of context
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Week 6Never Read a Verse — Immediate Literary Context→ Week 7"Zooming Out" — Mastering Book-Level Context→ Week 8Scripture Interprets Scripture — The Whole-Bible Context→
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Reading Each Type of Literature
Weeks 9–14 · Stories, laws, poems, prophecy, and letters
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Week 9Why Genre Matters — You Already Know This→ Week 10Reading Bible Stories — Narrative→ Week 11Old Testament Law — What Applies and What Doesn't?→ Week 12Poetry and Wisdom — When the Bible Sings and Reflects→ Week 13Prophecy — More Than Predicting the Future→ Week 14The Letters — Reading Someone Else's Mail→
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Mistakes to Avoid
Weeks 15–17 · Spotting errors in yourself and others
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Week 15Word Study Gone Wrong — How Good Intentions Mislead→ Week 16Typology — Seeing Shadows Without Losing the Story→ Week 17The Eisegesis Trap — A Guide to Faithful Interpretation→
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Putting It All Together
Week 18 · From observation to transformation
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Week 18Your Step-by-Step Bible Study Method — And Why This Work Matters→