1) The Swedish Method
 A light bulb: This should be something that ‘shines’ from the passage—whatever impacts most, or draws attention. |
 A question mark: Anything that is difficult to understand in the text, or a question the reader would like to ask the writer of the passage or the Lord. |
 An arrow: A personal application for the reader’s life |
2) The Manuscript Study Method
Start with a double spaced text of the bible without chapters or verses or anything. Then colour or mark the bible so that meanings, themes or actions are highlighted. A good place to start is to color-code recurring words or phrases, comparisons and contrasts. It may be helpful to mark sharp breaks in action, or a switch to a different literary type (such as a parable or poetry). Literary phenomena are generally the easiest to spot -- such things as metaphors, repetition, rhetorical questions, chiasm or parallelism (if you know what that is), exaggeration, shifts in plot, time or setting, symbols, etc.
* In IFES Ireland students are using this method to study the book of James and here are their notes.
* Auckland TSCF made this video for Psalm 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnmnOFkghq4&feature=channel&list=UL
* Pros and Cons of Manuscript Bible Study
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSPkiZtKQXw&feature=context-cha
* How to prepare for a Manuscript Bible Study
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvd1Us_nGGM&feature=context-cha
* Pitfalls to avoid when doing a Manuscript Bible Study
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5xQNF2pNcU&feature=plcp
3) The Inductive Bible Study Method
Summary of main points: TSCF style
Two good books on bible reading and study are
*How to read the Bible for all its worth by Gordon Fee
http://www.catalyst.ac.nz/foundations/bible-theology/bible-reference/how-to-read-the-bible-for-all-its-worth-third-edition
*Journey into God's word by Scot Duvall and Daniel Hays
http://www.amazon.com/Journey-into-Gods-Word-Understanding/dp/031027513X
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