Quiz 2 Flashcards
(19 cards)
Aristotelianism
Aristotle (384-322 BC) founded one of the major schools of greek philosophy. a student of plato
Canonical criticism
the approach to interpreting the OT.
The understanding of the individual book in the context of the canon of scripture as a whole.
Chiasm/Chiastic
A literary pattern in which there is a reversal of the order of corresponding items.
Ex: A,B,C: C’, B’, A’
Cult/Cultic
a system of religious belief and the way it is expressed in various religious practices.
Epicureanism
Founded a philosophical school in Athens in 307.
He taught pleasure.
Form Criticism
seek to discern the different typical forms within a piece of literature.
Hermeneutics
The study of the principles, methods and rules involved in the interpretation of written texts
Hypostasis
a distinct individual entity
Inclusio
the marking out of a literary unity by using the same, or similar, word or phrase at the beginning and end of it.
Lexeme
The basic or root form, or stem, of any set of related words.
Metaphor
A figure of speech: which one thing is Spoken of as being something else, which it resembles in a limited way.
Pslam 18:2
Morphology
The study of the form of words
Narrative Criticism
The elements by which the meaning of a narrative is communicated, such as a plot or style.
Rhetorical criticisms
how language is used to persuade the reader to adopt the writer’s point of view
semantic
Related to meaning, especially the meaning of words.
Stoicism
school founded by Zeno of Citium.
Reasoning is the governing principles of nature.
structural analysis
The study of deep structures: Parallelism, chasm and inclusio
Syntax
the way that words are ordered into longer units such as sentences.
Vassal
A ruler who was subordinate to a more powerful ruler, to who he owed allegiance and paid tribute.
