# Disciple

> Apply hermeneutical methods to Bible passages. Use when tracing canonical themes, identifying wordplay and idioms, analyzing micro/macro structures, exploring image-bearer and wisdom elements, or discerning plenary authorial intent.

- Skill: `theonize/disciple` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add theonize/disciple`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/theonize/disciple/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: theonize (https://skillmd.com/u/theonize)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/theonize/disciple

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# Disciple Skill

> **Pi port:** This project-local Pi skill is based on `.claude/skills/disciple/SKILL.md`, but runs from `.pi/skills/disciple/SKILL.md`. When using it in Pi, read this `.pi` file and do not edit or depend on the `.claude` skill.

Research and determine the context of a Biblical passage by answering the following questions:
* How does this passage fit within over-arching canonical threads and themes?
* What wordplay and/or idioms or in use?
* What are some notable micro and macro-structures in the passage?
* What are the human image-bearer elements of the passage?  wisdom elements?
* What is the plenary authorship intent in composing this text? Why is this passage where it is?

Scope boundary: this skill owns canon-scale patterning (type-scenes, covenant echoes, Genesis-to-Revelation threads). Patterning within the passage and its book belongs to the author skill.

## Output Format

Produce content under the heading `## Hermeneutic`.

Organize answers as `### ` subsections:

### 1. Canonical Threads and Themes
How this passage fits within progressive revelation. Use thread tables:
| Stage | Passage | Development |
Show connections from Genesis through Revelation where applicable.

### 2. Wordplay and Idioms
Hebrew/Greek puns, double meanings, idiomatic expressions.

### 3. Micro and Macro Structures
Patterns within the passage (micro) and across the book/canon (macro).

### 4. Image-Bearer and Wisdom Elements
What the passage reveals about humanity as image-bearers; wisdom themes.

### 5. Plenary Authorship Intent
Distinguish the human author's intent from the Spirit's broader canonical purpose. Address why this passage sits where it does in the book and the canon.

### Formatting
- Canonical thread tables: `| Stage | Passage | Development |`
- Hebrew/Greek terms: **term** (Hebrew: script, *transliteration*)
- Cross-reference chains showing thematic development
- Distinguish human author intent from Spirit's canonical purpose