scriptural study
Sacred text examination
Scriptural study is the systematic examination of sacred religious texts—the Bible, Quran, Torah, or other scriptures.
It encompasses reading, interpretation, and analysis of religious writings, often with attention to historical context, original languages, and theological meaning.
She devoted her mornings to scriptural study.
The practice ranges from personal devotion to formal academic scholarship.
- textual analysisSystematic examination of writing
- close readingDetailed textual analysis
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
- interpretationAssigned meaning
- verse by verseOne stanza at a time
doctrine · exegesis · annotation · Torah · chapter and verse · divinity · faith tradition · hermeneutics · concordance · ancient languages · midrash · paleography · Dead Sea Scrolls · Tanakh · Old Testament · New Testament · eschatology · bible
scriptural studyskimming
Passing lightly over
browsing · leisure reading · beach reading · flipping through · recreational reading
scriptural studyscientific inquiry
Systematic investigation of phenomena
secular education · empirical research · critical theory · natural philosophy
scriptural studybiblical criticism
Scholarly analysis of scriptures