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Creative Bible Study
CHAPTER ELEVEN
BOOK STUDY
OBJECTIVES:
Upon completion of this chapter you will be able to:
• Write the Key Verse from memory. • Explain how to do a Bible book study. • Do a Bible book study. • Create a book study chart. • Create an outline of a book of the Bible.
KEY VERSE:
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy Word. (Psalm 119:9)
INTRODUCTION
In this chapter you will learn how to survey an entire book of the Bible. You will also learn how to create a chart and an outline to summarize your studies. An example of the book study method is included and you are given the opportunity to do such a study in the "For Further Study" section of this chapter. In following chapters you will learn how to study the chapters, paragraphs, verses, and words of a book.
A book survey is an example of "synthetic" Bible study. This word means to study something as a whole to gain a general knowledge of its content. Later, when we divide a book into chapters, paragraphs, verses, and words, we will be doing "analytical" Bible study. To analyze something is to separate it into its various parts and examine each individually. An analytical study is more detailed than a synthetic study.
DEFINITION OF THE METHOD
A book study is important because the chapters, paragraphs, verses, and words of a book must be interpreted in proper context. A book study provides knowledge of this context.