Reading NT Epistle

Ciri Paling Penting dari Epistola/Epistle

• Rhetorical Documents

• Ancient Documents

• Occational Documents

• Christian Documents

Elemen Epistola, KECUALI

• Name of Writer

• Final Greetings

• Body

• List

Important Habit for Reading an Epistle

• reading it as a whole

• reading it like a twitter

• reading it as a rethoric text

• reading it as a narrative

2 Key Question to think paragraph in reading an epistle

• What does the writer say in this paragraph?

• Who is the recipient?

• How is the attitude of the writer?

• How does this content contribute to the argument?

The first thing one must try to do with any of the Epistles is to form a tentative but informed reconstruction of the situation that the author is speaking to. This is important because an epistle is an ........... document