pericope | Theological Word of the Day
pericope
Date July 28, 2008
Gk. “a cutting out”
A single unit of thought in the Scripture. This could comprise a sentence or verse (as in the Proverbs), a paragraph, or a series of paragraphs which makes up one argument or narrative. For example, the story of Abraham’s encounter with the Angels and the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah is one pericope and the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus is one pericope. When teaching or preaching the Scriptures, it is best to teach one pericope at a time, not necessarily one verse or chapter at a time.
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