Interpretive Commentary Final Assignment Zechariah 12-14.

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The Interpretive Commentary Assignment provides an opportunity for the student to write their
own commentary on an assigned passage in the Old Testament. This is essentially an interpretive
paper but should be structured as a commentary would be structured, following the literary units
within the assigned Old Testament passage, and providing interpretive analysis of each literary
unit. The Interpretive Commentary Assignment engages directly with the biblical text so that the
student may observe, interpret, and apply the text through an inductive means that also
incorporates research into the interpretive issues that surround the historical, literary, and
theological elements of the Scripture passage. In this assignment the student will finalize the
Interpretive Commentary by completing: 1) The exposition of the literary units within Zechariah
12-14, and 2) The Conclusion that clearly identifies at least 3 enduring theological truths found
in the text of Zechariah 12-14 and connects each truth to the New Testament, thereby
demonstrating their relevance for Christian life today. This final assignment will incorporate the
two earlier Interpretive Commentary assignments and produce a complete Interpretive
Commentary of Zechariah 12-14.
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The Interpretive Commentary: Final Assignment is an interpretive paper on Zechariah 12-14.
The student will write a detailed exposition discussing historical, literary, and theological
insights found within the literary units of Zechariah 12-14. The final paper should include these
parts: a Title Page, Contents page, Introduction (which was submitted earlier and corrected, if
needed), Exposition of the large and small literary units of Zechariah 12-14 (which uses the
interpretive outline submitted earlier as the structure for the exposition), a Conclusion that
identifies at least 3 enduring theological truths found in the text of Zechariah 12-14 and connects
each truth to the New Testament with specific Scripture, thereby demonstrating their relevance
for Christian life today, and the Bibliography without annotations.
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Contents page, and Bibliography.
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the paper, and include page numbers. The student must document Scripture passages with
parenthetical citations within body of paper, but all other sources used must be
documented with properly formatted footnotes in current Turabian format.
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published within the past 50 years that directly address Zechariah 12-14, especially
academic biblical commentaries on the book of Zechariah. Internet sources require
instructor’s prior approval.
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chapter breaks, but by the larger and smaller literary units that are marked by cohesion of
subject matter and genre. In narrative literature, paragraph breaks often indicate shifts
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between literary units. For each literary unit (as determined by your own structural
analysis), you will provide interpretive commentary that discusses, analyzes, and
interprets the content within that Scripture unit. A well-rounded commentary will engage
in the historical, literary, and theological points of interest and interpretive issues within
the text of Zechariah 12-14.

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