PilgrimsProgress said:
Here's a question I can't answer -What are the three methods of exegesis? -a,b,c,d?
a. Synchronic, existential, missional
b. diachronic, linguistic, rhetorical
c..synchronic, diachronic, existential
d. theological, hermeneutical, existential
Hmmmmmm. I think the question suffers a bit in the asking. There are more than three exegetical methods. Your instructor might want to consider making the question more or less specific.
a) covers territory explored under the Historical-Critical Method, Applications from Human Sciences and Contextual approaches.
b) covers Historical-Critical Methods and Newer Methods of Literary Analysis
c) covers Historical-Critical Methods and Applications from Human Sciences
d) covers Applications from Human Sciences and Application of Exegesis
I wish I could help. I'm stumped myself.
Historical-Critical Methods have easily 8 different exegetical forms.
Newer Methods of Literary Analysis have roughly 3 different exegetical forms.
Tradition-based Methods have roughly 3 different forms
Human Science Approaches have however many human sciences might apply. 3 or four methods immediately come to mind.
Contextual approaches have however many contexts might apply.
Since this is an introductory course I am most likely over thinking.
That said, answer A) appears to cover the widest spread of methods/forms. I'd probably go with that unhappily.