Description
Refer to the instructions in the “BIB-355: Interpreting Letters/Epistles Guided Essay” document for additional instructions that will inform this assignment.
Complete the following guided essay on interpreting New Testament letters. Use the Bible and the textbook.
Prepare citations according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
In the final topic for the course, you will write a final cumulative paper on a biblical passage in which you will be asked to examine the features of the selected text according to its literary genre.
If you select a Letters/Epistles text for that paper, then use the feedback from your instructor for this assignment as you prepare for the Passage Exegesis cumulative writing assignment.
- Summarize the main characteristics of New Testament letters. (250 words)
- Exegete 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12 using the five steps of the Interpretive Journey (500-750 words total)
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