{"id":3128,"date":"2012-05-02T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T14:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/?p=3128"},"modified":"2012-03-31T20:40:04","modified_gmt":"2012-04-01T01:40:04","slug":"how-to-come-up-with-your-own-bible-headings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/how-to-come-up-with-your-own-bible-headings\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Come Up With Your Own Bible Headings"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>We\u2019ve been looking at this idea of studying the Bible using digital tools and we left off with tips on note taking. At this point I want to combine all the things we have thus far (reading the text of alternate versions across translation methodologies finally settling on a parallel work screen with note-taking tools on hand) and start examining the text.<\/p>\n

If a person is proficient in original languages I\u2019d probably suggest starting there since they can see the breaks in the passage (that is, if you\u2019re reading any Greek text post-minuscule) but the average student probably doesn\u2019t need to go there.<\/p>\n

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Many versions have a ton of scholarship backing the translation; the ones I\u2019ve recommended (except the MSG) will probably give you the best footing. But, if you\u2019re committed to the go-to-Greek-text: Nestle-Aland27\/UBS4<\/a>.<\/p>\n

First, identify sentences. This is usually easy since, with the verse numbers turned off, you\u2019ll probably just identify them with punctuation.<\/p>\n

Next, identify paragraphs. A paragraph is a collection of sentences based on a common idea. This is usually pretty easy too since a lot of modern versions already come with paragraph breaks.<\/p>\n

You might notice in your parallel reading that versions break them down differently. This is why you\u2019ll want to also identify when the author changes what he\u2019s talking about.<\/p>\n

This sounds similar to a paragraph in that it\u2019s dealing with an idea. But an idea might go through several paragraphs and still be about that one subject. What\u2019s nice about identifying the Big Idea first, you can more easily identify the movement within the block.<\/p>\n

For example John 9. The entire chapter has one idea\/story: the man who was born blind is healed. Within that section there are several paragraphs comprise the entire unit: the discussion, the healing, the man alone, the man meeting Jesus again. But in all cases, it\u2019s one unit of thought. This is called a pericope.<\/p>\n

Usually modern versions divide periscopes by headings but we\u2019ve turned them off. Sometimes you\u2019ll read the text and realize that the pericope seems to continue. In other cases you\u2019ll find that maybe there should be more pericopes than the translation suggests. By studying the text without the headers, we get to try to discover the unit of thought for ourselves, or at the very least come up with a heading which is more understandable for our personal notes.<\/p>\n