In our workshops, we have seen in separate sessions how the following activities function:
Creating a Sentence Flow
Comparing Translations
Studying the Text within Its Context
Checking the Marginal Notes and Footnotes of our Translations
Looking for additional information from Concordances, Dictionaries, Atlases and Commentaries
Checking the Biblical index of the Catechism
What is a “Sentence Flow”?
A sentence flow as we understand it within the context of our bible study sessions is a copy of the biblical passage under study but written in such a way as to highlight through a series of line breaks and indentations the elements of the sentences that compose the passage.
Below is this afternoon’s exercise with making a sentence flow on the basis of Matthew 16:21-28. On the basis of this sentence flow, one can immediately see the answers to the following questions about the text:
“From that time on…” To which episode is Matthew referring here?
Which are the two big sections of the narrative? [...]
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