A Figure of Speech is a word or phrase that is used to communicate the literal, natural meaning, as colorful expressions.

Osborne presents 10 stages of interpretation. Six are identified with exegetical theology, and the other four with theology. Which ones are associated with theology? (Choose all that apply, but be forewarned that there will be guessing penalty)

Osborne presents six categories of figures of speech, which ones?  (Choose all that apply, but be forewarned that there will be guessing penalty)

A Symbol is some object (real or imagined) or action, which is assigned a meaning for the purpose of depicting rather than stating the qualities of something else.

According to Osborne, exegesis is “the study of the text’s meaning,” while hermeneutics describes the text’s “significance in the present.”

Osborne identifies four aspects associated with the historical context of Scripture, which ones? (Choose all that apply, but be forewarned that there will be guessing penalty)

Which is the correct order for disease risk from lowest risk to highest risk?

Osborne states that “the primary value of archaeology is descriptive (providing background material) rather than polemical (apologetics).

Always take a passage in its literal sense unless there is good reason for doing otherwise.

Discuss the main concepts presented about Anabaptist hermeneutics. How would you apply those concepts to the study of this passage?