Jensens survey of the old testament adam 350
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smaller parts, record any new
observations and impressions of the
book. Throughout this manual,
suggestions of areas of study are given
to help you in your survey process. But
it is important for you to develop and
use your own ingenuity and originality
regarding what to look for
(observations) in Bible study.
3 . Stage Three: Seeing how the book holds
together.
Up to this point most of your observations
have been about individual items. In this last
stage you should be especially interested to
observe how those individual items blend
together into a pattern. This will help you
see the theme more clearly and in more
depth in its full scope. Again, remember that
it is important to learn not only what God
said (content) but how He said it (structure).
a. Look for groups of material. Such
groupings might be about places,
people, things, doctrines, speeches,
events, and so forth. For example,
Matthew 5-7 appears to be a long
sermon by Jesus.
b. Compare the beginning and end of the
book. This comparison will tell you
much about the book, especially if it is
narrative.
c. Look for a key turning point in the
book. Not every book has such a
pivotal point. The example of Hebrews,
cited earlier, illustrates the principle of
pivot.
d. Look for a climax. If the book has a
climax, try to observe a progression
leading up to that point.
e. Read your list of segment titles a few
times, and see if you can detect any
movement in the action, if the book is
historical; or in doctrine, if the book is
nonhistorical. Read again your listing
of the main subject of each segment.
Keep working on this until you can
formulate a simple outline of the book.
Use paper and pencil freely. The
observations you made earlier in this
stage will be of great help here.
f. Try to state the book’s theme in your
own words. Assign your own title to
the book, a title that will reflect that
theme.
g. After you have completed your survey
of the Bible text, refer to the survey
chart included in the study guide, and
compare it with your own studies.
II. USING THIS MANUAL AS A GUIDE FOR SURVEY
STUDY
The main purpose of this study guide is to
help you see for yourself much of what each
book of the New Testament says. This
independent kind of study is aptly
represented by the word discovery. When
your personal experience is discovery, the
New Testament will come alive to you in
many ways. Dr. James M. Gray, who
excelled in developing and teaching the
survey method of study, rightly maintained
that one’s own original and independent
study of the broad pattern of a Bible book,
imperfect as the conclusions may be, is of
far more value to the student than the most
perfect outline obtained from someone else.
This is not to minimize the work of others,
but to emphasize that recourse to outside
aids should be made only after the student
has taken his own skyscraper view.
