<chapter id="h2-basics">
  <title>Basisprincipes van bijbelstudie</title>
  <sect1 id="h2-basics-purpose">
    <title>Ons doel als we de bijbel benaderen </title>
    <para>
      <blockquote>
        <attribution>Jn.5:39-40</attribution>
        <para>You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal
life; and it is these that bear witness of Me; and you are unwilling to come
to Me, that you may have life.</para>
      </blockquote>
    </para>
    <para>The chief purpose of the book is to bring us to the Person.  Martin Luther
said <quote>we go to the cradle only for the sake of the baby</quote>; just
so in Bible study, we do it not for its own sake but for fellowship with
God.</para>
    <blockquote>
      <attribution>John R.W. Stott, <emphasis>Christ the Controversialist</emphasis>,
InterVarsity Press 1978, pp.97, 104.</attribution>
      <para>The Jews to whom Jesus spoke [...] imagined that to possess Scripture was
tantamount to possessing life. Hillel used to say, "He who has gotten to
himself words of Torah has gotten to himself the life of the world to come."
Their study was an end in itself. In this they were grievously
deceived. [...]</para>
      <para>De bijbel op zich bestuderen baat noch schaadt, behalve dan wanneer dat ons
bekend maakt met Jezus Christus. Telkens als de bijbel gelezen wordt, is een
sterk verlangen nodig om daardoor Christus te ontmoeten.</para>
    </blockquote>
  </sect1>
  <sect1 id="h2-basics-approaches">
    <title>Manieren om Gods woord te benaderen</title>
    <para>Hearing and reading provide a telescopic view of the scripture while study
and memorization provide a microscopic view of scripture. Meditating on the
scriptures brings hearing, reading, studying and memorization together and
cements the word in our minds.</para>
    <sect2 id="h2-basics-approaches-hear">
      <title>Horen</title>
      <para>Lk.11:28 <quote>blessed are those who hear the word of God, and observe
it.</quote></para>
    </sect2>
    <sect2 id="h2-basics-approaches-read">
      <title>Lezen</title>
      <para>Rev.1:3 <quote>Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this
prophecy [...]</quote></para>
      <para>1 Tim.4:13 <quote>give attention to the public reading of Scripture
[...]</quote></para>
    </sect2>
    <sect2 id="h2-basics-approaches-study">
      <title>Bestuderen</title>
      <para>Acts 17:11 <quote>Now these were more noble-minded than those in
Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the
Scriptures daily, to see whether these things were so.</quote></para>
      <para>2 Tim.2:15 <quote>Be diligent [KJV `Study'] to present yourself approved to
God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, handling accurately the
word of truth.</quote></para>
    </sect2>
    <sect2 id="h2-basics-approaches-memorize">
      <title>Memoriseren </title>
      <para>Ps.119:11 <quote>Thy word I have hid in my heart, that I may not sin against
Thee.</quote></para>
    </sect2>
    <sect2 id="h2-basics-approaches-meditate">
      <title>Overdenken</title>
      <para>Ps.1:2-3 <quote>But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he
meditates day and night. And he will be like a tree firmly planted by
streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season, And its leaf does
not wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers.</quote></para>
      <para>The Navigators illustrate this by saying that as the thumb can touch all the
fingers, we can meditate on the Word as we do any of the first
four. Meditation is a key to revelation. A new Christian needs to hear and
read the Bible more than they need to study and memorize it. This is so that
they become familiar with the overall message of the Bible.</para>
    </sect2>
  </sect1>
  <sect1 id="h2-basics-types">
    <title>Verschillende soorten van bijbelstudie</title>
    <sect2 id="basics-types-topical">
      <title>Onderwerp-studie</title>
      <para>Kies een bepaald onderwerp en ga het na door het volgen van
tekstverwijzingen of door een concordantie te gebruiken.</para>
    </sect2>
    <sect2 id="h2-basics-types-character">
      <title>Karakterstudie</title>
      <para>Het bestuderen van het leven van een persoon in de bijbel, bijvoorbeeld het
leven van Jozef in Gen.37-50.</para>
    </sect2>
    <sect2 id="basics-types-expository">
      <title>Studie vanuit een bijbelgedeelte</title>
      <para>Het bestuderen van een bepaalde passage, of een alinea, hoofdstuk of boek.</para>
    </sect2>
  </sect1>
  <sect1 id="h2-basics-interpretation">
    <title>Basisprincipes voor juiste interpretatie</title>
    <sect2 id="h2-basics-interpretation-content">
      <title>Inhoud</title>
      <para>Wat staat er? Wat staat er in de grondtekst? Wees voorzichtig met
definities. Lees er niets in, wat er niet echt staat.</para>
    </sect2>
    <sect2 id="h2-basics-interpretation-context">
      <title>Context</title>
      <para>What do the verses around it say? "Context is king" is the rule -- the
passage must make sense within the structure of the entire passage and book.</para>
    </sect2>
    <sect2 id="h2-basics-interpretation-cross">
      <title>Tekstverwijzingen</title>
      <para>Wat staat er in andere verzen over hetzelfde onderwerp, in de rest van de
bijbel? God spreekt zichzelf niet tegen, dus zal onze interpretatie de test
van vergelijking met ander schriftgedeelten moeten kunnen doorstaan.</para>
    </sect2>
  </sect1>
  <sect1 id="h2-basics-expository">
    <title>Een studie van een bijbelgedeelte: Matt.6:1-18</title>
    <para>Let's study together Mt.6:1-18. Read it to yourself, first looking for the
key verse, the verse that sums up the whole passage. Think you have it? Test
it by picking different places in the passage and asking yourself if they
relate to the thought of the key verse. Once you find it, write it as Roman
numeral One of your outline:</para>
    <orderedlist numeration="upperroman">
      <listitem>
        <para>Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed</para>
      </listitem>
    </orderedlist>
    <para>What does <quote>practicing your righteousness</quote>mean? Does the passage
give any examples? What area of our lives is being addressed? <emphasis>Our
motives!</emphasis> What sub-headings develop this thought?</para>
    <orderedlist numeration="upperalpha">
      <listitem>
        <para>When you give</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>When you fast</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>When you pray</para>
      </listitem>
    </orderedlist>
    <para>Vul nu het overzicht in met specifieke aanwijzingen over hoe je verkeerde
manieren van in praktijk brengen van je gerechtigheid kunt voorkomen:</para>
    <orderedlist numeration="upperalpha">
      <listitem>
        <para>When you give <orderedlist numeration="loweralpha">
          <listitem>
            <para>don't sound a trumpet. (how might someone <quote>sound a
trumpet</quote>today?)</para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
            <para>do it secretly.</para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
            <para>etc.</para>
          </listitem>
        </orderedlist></para>
      </listitem>
    </orderedlist>
  </sect1>
  <sect1 id="h2-basics-worksheet">
    <title>Werkblad: Hoe gebruik je een concordantie?</title>
    <sect2 id="h2-basics-worksheet-select">
      <title>Om een bepaald vers te vinden</title>
      <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
        <listitem>
          <para>Neem het kernwoord, of het meest ongebruikelijke woord uit het vers.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>Zoek dit woord op in de concordantie.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>Loop de lijst van teksten bij dat woord na, totdat je je tekst gevonden
hebt.</para>
        </listitem>
      </orderedlist>
      <para>Find these verses: <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <quote>Faithful are the wounds of a friend</quote>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            <quote>We are ambassadors of Christ.</quote>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>The story of the rich man and Lazarus.</para>
        </listitem>
      </orderedlist></para>
    </sect2>
    <sect2 id="h2-basics-worksheet-study">
      <title>Om een onderwerp-studie doen</title>
      <para>Let's say you wanted to do a study of the word "redemption." First you would
look up that word in the concordance and look up references listed for
it. Then you could look up related words and references listed for them,
e.g.  "redeem, redeemed, ransom," even "buy" or "bought."</para>
    </sect2>
    <sect2 id="h2-basics-worksheet-clarify">
      <title>Om de betekenis van Hebreeuwse en Griekse woorden duidelijk maken</title>
      <para>What if you noticed a contradiction in the KJV between Mt.7:1 <quote>Judge
not lest you be judged</quote>and 1 Cor.2:15 <quote>He that is spiritual
judgeth all things.</quote>Maybe there are two different Greek words here,
both being translated "judge" in English? (We're using Strong's from here
out.)</para>
      <orderedlist numeration="arabic">
        <listitem>
          <para>Look up "judge".</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>Go down the column of entries to Mt.7:1. To the right is a number,
2919. This refers to the Greek word used. Write it down.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>Now look up "judgeth".</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>Loop de kolom door tot 1 Cor.2:15 . . . . . 350.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>Turn in the back to the Greek dictionary. (Remember, you're in the NT so the
language is Greek, while the OT is Hebrew.) Compare the meaning of 2919 with
the meaning of 350 and you have your answer!</para>
        </listitem>
      </orderedlist>
    </sect2>
    <sect2 id="h2-basics-worksheet-names">
      <title>Om de betekenis van een naam te vinden</title>
      <para>Op dezelfde manier kunnen we de betekenis van een naam in het Grieks of
Hebreews vinden.</para>
      <para>Zoek de volgende namen op en schrijf hun betekenis erbij:</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>Nabal</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>Abigail</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>Jozua</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>Barnabas</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </sect2>
  </sect1>
</chapter>
