Septuagint
Greek translation 250 BC
Vulgate
Latin translation of bible st. Jerome 400 AD
King James Version
1618 AD engls h translation
Natural ways
Creation nature
Special ways
Prophets
Contextualist
Ones ideas takes culture history and genre nto account
Literalist
Assumes meaning is self evident
Magisterium
Interpretation of scripture official law
Teaching authority
Stages of formation
Religious experience
Oral tradition
Written texts
Canon list of officially accepted books
Criteria
Apostolic origin
Community acceptance
Use in early Christian worship
Consistent with other scriptures
Allegorical
Symbolism that points to God
Moral
Right relationship with God and others
Anagogical
Pertains to ultimate destiny
Hermeneutics
Science of proper interpretation
Text criticism
Based on manuscripts accurate
Form criticism
Genre
Redaction criticism
Looks at sources used by author
Bible dictionary
All key terms and names
Concordance
Index of all words
Commentary
Verse by verse scholar help
Cosmogony
Creation process
Cosmology
Structure of the universe
New Testament
27 books
Old Testament
46 books
Tanakh
Torah Books of Moses
Nebiim prophets
Khetubim writings
Myth
Based on facts but not true
Legend
Historic but exaggerated
Combat myth
Good vs evil
Primordial
Beginning
Anthology
Poems or pieces of writings
Exegesis
Critical explanation or interpretation
Anthropomorphic
Having human characteristics
Eponymity
Name title or something named after someone
J source
950 BC golden age United Kingdom
YHWH FOLKSY IMANENT ADAM AND EVE CAIN AND ABLE
E
Elohist dreams prophets genealogies six days
Divided kingdom
850 BC
P
God majestic transcendent
First creation account priestly 550 BC Babylonian exile destruction of Jerusalem and temple
D
650 BC
Order
Light dark Waters Land and seas Heavenly bodies Birds and fish Mammals humans Rest
Shipway and push
Didn’t kill boys
Miracles
Quail manna water rock and wood
Call of prophet
Purpose objections hesitation acception
Zipporah
Moses wife
Rosy hashannah
Holy day
You kipper
Day of atonement
Offerings
Burnt
Grain
Communion
Purification
Humility and faith
Recognition of our dependence on God