b'CL A SSROOM A PPLIC ATIONSEVEN IMPORTANT QUESTIONS FOR INTERPRETING THE BIBLEHere are seven summary questions you can askwhen studying any book or story in the Bible:1 What was the historical situation at the time this book was written?How did the human author(s) address this situation?2 What is this book or passages literary genre?What are the rules for understanding it?3 Is there a cultural practice or attitude reflected in this bookor passage that we need to understand in order to appreciate the human authors intention?4 How does this book or story fit into the overall storyof salvation history?5 How does Sacred Tradition help us to understand this book or story? How does this book or story help us to better understand Gods revealed truths in Sacred Tradition?6 Is the truth I understand from this book or story consistent with the rest of Scripture and Tradition?7 When I look at everything I learned from these six questions, what spiritual truth is God revealing?This activity is taken from The Catholic Youth Bibleonline resources.PRINT COPIES FOR CLASS: SMP.ORG/ASPIREVOL1CLASSROOM APPLICATION 13'