Advanced Hermeneutics · Intermediate
Genre Matters
All Scripture is inspired, but God spoke in narrative, poetry, wisdom, prophecy, epistle, and apocalyptic, and each kind of writing must be read as what it is.
The lesson walks through the topic one card at a time. The full study is the complete written article, with its sources.
What you'll learn
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Why all Scripture is equally inspired, yet not all Scripture is written the same way
2
How to recognize the Bible's main genres: narrative, law, poetry, wisdom, prophecy, Gospels, epistles, and apocalyptic
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How misreading a passage's genre leads to misreading its message
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How to let genre shape your expectations and your application
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