Intro To The Bible Flashcards
Biblical Innerency
The bible is without error in the moral and spiritual sense
What is Divine Inspiration
The Holy Spirit helps human authors write what God wants them to write
Biblical exegesis
Critically interpreting or explaining passages of the bible
Redaction
Edited writings to select and adapt written material
to serve an authors purpose
Hellenism
Acceptance of Greek culture language and traditions
Parousia
2nd coming of Christ
Torah
First 5 books of Bible, Hebrew word meaning “law”
Hebrew people
Descendants of Abraham and Sarah who become known as Israelites later known as Judeans or Jews
Literal Sense of the bible
Meaning conveyed by the words of the exegesis
Exegete
Biblical scholar working to interpret meaning of biblical texts
Spiritual sense
Goes beyond literal sense of words to consider what realities scripture signifies
Allegorical Sense
Looks into how people, events, and things in the literal sense relate back to Christ. It examines Christological significance
Christological
Having to do with branch of theology known as Christology (anything to do with Jesus Christ)
Moral sense
We ask ourselves “How does this passage instruct us to live a better life?” It focuses on the moral sense of the scripture
Anagogical sense
Interprets “realities and events in terms of eternal significance” in what way does this lead of to eternal life?
