Interpretive Commentary Final Assignment
Overview:
The Interpretive Commentary Final Assignment provides an opportunity to write your own commentary on a book of the Old Testament. This is essentially an interpretive paper but should be structure-d as a commentary would be structure-d. following the literary units within the book and providing interpretive analysis of each unit. The Interpretive Commentary Assignment engages directly with the biblical text. Therefore, you may observe, interpret, and apply the text through an inductive. Which means that also incorporates research into the interpretive issues that surround the historical, literary, and theological elements of Scripture.
Instructions
The Interpretive Commentary: Final Assignment is an interpretive paper on 2 Kings 17 – 20. You will write a commentary on 2 Kings 17 – 20 that is at least 2500 words excluding title page and bibliography. The paper should include an introduction that emphasizes introductory matters pertaining to author, audience, historical setting, literary genre, and theological motifs. The paper should also include a conclusion that emphasizes application in areas of practice and theology.
Body
The main body of the paper is an interpretive commentary on 2 Kings 17 – 20. However, it should be structure-d not merely by chapter breaks. However, by literary units that are marke-d by cohesion of subject matter and genre. In narrative literature, paragraph breaks often indicate shifts between literary units.
For each literary unit (as determined by your own structural analysis). Therefore, you will provide interpretive commentary that discusses, analyzes, and interprets the content within that unit. Also a well-rounded commentary will engage in the historical, literary, and theological points of interest and interpretive issues within the text of 2 Kings 17 – 20.
The Interpretive Commentary: Final Assignment must follow current Turabian format. At least five (5) sources are necessary for the assignment. Recommended source material includes academic commentaries (those published within the past 40 years are preferred), relevant journal articles, and academic monographs. Avoid popular source material and internet-based resource information (not to be confused with internet search engines or electronic platforms that house published material)
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