Your final project should include a document with each section labeled clearly and a video described in Part 5.
Part 1: Context. Look at the chapters before and/or after yours.
- How does your chapter tie in to the chapters before and after?
- Who is speaking and who is being spoken to?
- What do you know about the author? Why is that important?
Part 2: Walkthrough. This will be the longest part of your research. Break your text into “sections”;
- Summarize each section in your own words. 1 sentence for each section.
- Share any notes or cross-referenced passages that you find interesting.
- Look at the bottom of the page in a Study Bible in the notes section.
- You should have at least 2 notes listed. 1 sentence each.
- Comment on anything in each section that you consider important or difficult to understand.
- You should have at least 1 of these, one sentence.
Part 3: Key Verse. What is the one verse from your chapter that you think sums up the meaning of the whole chapter? (This might be difficult; you may just have to choose the verse that is the theme of most of the chapter.) Explain why you chose this verse.
- Choose the most important verse and write it down.
- Write one sentence explaining why you chose this verse.
Part 4: Textual Comparison. Look up your key verse in the following Bible translations: English Standard Version (ESV), New International Version (NIV and The Gen-Z Bible. Share with the class all three versions of your “key verse” and point out any significant differences.
- Go to biblegateway.com. Type in your key verse and select each translation.
- Write down your verse according to each translation on your paper.
- Write 1 sentence explaining any differences in translations.
Part 5: Central Teaching. What is the central teaching of these verses?
VIDEO – Create a 2-3 min video teaching the main point of this passage.
- What is this passage trying to tell the reader? -Is the passage an allegory or literal? Prescriptive or Descriptive?
- Do you personally believe this teaching?