Midterm Study Guide Flashcards
Explain each of the 12 Axioms
- your hermeneutic will flow directly from your convictions on inspiration
- hermeneutics is first and foremost a theological endeavor=> if we are to interpret scripture correctly we must have a correct understanding of God
- The Bible is God’s speech to us where God engages us => God will speak through his word
- One of the first questions of interpretation is “what is God doing in this text?”
- Hermeneutics is intuitive and not complicated. We are not gnostics!
- Faithful Bible interpreters must be fervent Bible Readers
- The three most important things in hermeneutics are context, context, and context. => textual horizon (immediate context), Epochal Horizon (redemptive history), Canonical Horizon (Scripture big picture
- There is a progress to revelation and redemptive history. Pay attention to it! => most parts of the Bible are designed to be read in flow. They are discourses or narratives or psalms or chronicles
- We cannot interpret the Bible correctly unless we understand the story of Scripture as a whole.
- For the interpretation of any biblical text to be valid it must be consistent with the historical-cultural context.
- The best place to look for the historical-cultural context is in Scripture itself.
- Words have meanings, not meaning. But they have meaning in context.
What is the difference between general and special revelations
general in scope, general in substance
personal encounter, mighty act, propositional revelation, incarnation
List and explain the 5 steps in the process of special revelation
Inspiration=> concurrent work of a holy God and a fallen human
Transmission=> the writing down and making copies of the inspired material
Translation=> meaning conveyed from one language to another
Interpretation=> get to the real meaning of the text
Application=> respond rightly to the word of God
What is a hermeneutical realist
It means we don’t create meaning, we only discover it
Why the assault in contemporary hermeneutics on the concept of author?
People do not want authority over their life
List and explain the three components of a speech act and relate them to the goal of hermeneutics
locution=> uttering words or writing symbols (“hello”)
illocution=> what we communicate by our words or symbols (greeting, asking for attention, etc.)
perlocution=> what comes as a result of what we’ve communicated (not what we hope to communicate, but what actually occurs)
What is hermenutics
the science and art of biblical interpretation
What is the difference between formal equivalence and dynamic equivalence in translation?
formal=reflects the grammar and syntax of original Greek and Hebrew
dynamic=translate the thought or idea
What are the qualities of a good translation?
should be:
- based on the best greek and hebrew manuscripts
- based on the the latest knowledge of language and culture
- accurate
- understandable
- contemporary
- universal
- dignified (not crude)
- without thological bias
What is biblical theology? How does it relate to hermeneutics? Be able to explain the centrality of Jesus Christ in the story of Scripture and how his role fits into the proper interpretation of Scripture
A means of looking at one particular event in relation to the total picture; We can’t interpret the Bible correctly unless we understand the story of Scripture as a whole; with Christ in mind we rightly interpret the meaning and purpose of things like the law in the OT
Why is historical-cultural context important?
God did not dictate the Bible in the first person. He spoke through particular people to a particular audience at a particular time in history
What is accomodation?
God accommodated his message to a human social environment and its analogies and vocabularies are derived from that environment
Know the difference between anthropomorphism, zoomorphism, and anthropopathism
anthropomorphism=> the form of man attributed to God that he doesn’t have to convey a point
zoomorphism=> the forms of animals attributed to God
anthropopathism=> the passions of man being attributed to God
What is canon, and how was canonicity recognized in the OT and NT books?
=>a rule or rod or standard of measurement; unique, divine authority
OT: written by prophet or someone recognized as having divine authority, originated through inspiration from God, without contradictions, accepted by Jews, confirmed by Christ, prophet, apostle.
NT: God canonized, written by apostle or someone of recognized authority, truthfulness, agree with rest of Canon (particularly OT), universal acceptance within the churches, claim to be inspired.
