Chapter 7 Flashcards
(17 cards)
A skeptical worldview that is suspicious of metanartitives and teaches that ultimate reality is insensible that knowledge is social construct and truth claims are political power plays
Post modernism
A method of literary analysis that questions the ability of language that represents reality adiquitly that seeks to decern and expose the purported underlying ideology of a text
Deconstruction
Greek word for interpret
Hermeneutics
A form of theological inquiry that aims to arrange and categorize religious truths into a eternally consistent system
Systematic theology
A fictional narrative in which characters and events are presented as symbol morals without spiritual truths
Allegory
From the Greek word lead out the exposition of a biblical text based on careful study and anylisis
Exegesis
A classification of literary styles used in scripture including poetry, history, legal prescriptions, psalms, proverbs, and apostlistic literature
Biblical genre
The discourse surrounding a passage that gives meaning to the content
Context
The meaning of words or passages the subject matter of a written word
Content
A verse by verse exposition of scriptural passages written to help people better understand the bible
Bible commentaries
The time place and culture of a text
Historical context
An alphabetical dictionary that translates and defines words of another language usually Greek, Hebrew, or Latin
Lexicon
Reference book of words or phrases found in the bible
Theological dictionary
A bible passage that discribes certain events
Discripitve passage
Biblical passage that prescribes how people ought to live
Prescriptive passage
5 mistakes while reading the bible
- we assume the bible needs to be interpreted
- we assume the bible applies uniquely to us
- we focus on what the text means to us
- we assume the bible isn’t relevant to us today
- we take the bible out of context
5 steps to read the bible well
- commit to reading the bible and studying it
- read the bible in context
- choose translation
- understand the game
- courageously peruse a response
