Quiz I Flashcards
(23 cards)
What is Hermeneutics?
Hermeneutics is both the art & science of proper reading, interpreting & applying the Bible.
What are the 2 types of hermeneutics?
General Hermeneutics
Special Hermeneutics
Why is there a need for solid Hermeneutics?
- Heresy, error, cults
- Translations
- Contradictions
What are 3 basic elements of approaching scripture?
Observation… What does it say?
Interpretation… What did it mean?
Application… What should I do?
What are things to observe when going deeper with inductive bible study?
What genre of writing are we talking about?
Who is writing or speaking and to whom?
When does it take place?
Where does this take place?
Why does the author write what he does?
How does this section fit with the rest of the passage?
Are there commandments?
Are there promises?
Are there questions?
Are there important relationships?
Are there repeated words or ideas?
What is said about God, Jesus or the Holy Spirit?
What do we learn about humanity?
What are things to interpret when going deeper with inductive bible study?
What is the purpose of the passage?
What would this have meant to those who read or heard the words first?
What are the meaning of the words?
What does the immediate context suggest?
What is the immediate meaning?
What are things to apply when going deeper with inductive bible study?
Teaching- what did I learn?
Reprove- where/why do I fall short?
Correction- what will I do about it?
Training in righteousness- how I can make this principle a consistent part of my life?
What are the various elements of Biblical Studies?
Canonicity
Textual Criticism
Historical Criticism
Hermeneutics
Biblical Theology
Systematic Theology
What is Canonicity?
The study of the process by which Israel and the Church arrived at those books that are included in the Old and New Testament and those that were rejected. It is definitive and authoritative.
What is Textual Criticism?
The attempt to get as far back to the original text (autograph) as possible and arrive at the exact wording that was found in it.
Also known as lower criticism.
What is Historical Criticism?
The study of the authorship of the books, the dates of composition, the historical circumstances and it’s authenticity and literary unity.
Also known as higher criticism.
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Which type of theology examines what the text meant to the original audience?
Biblical Theology
What is Systematic Theology?
It is the study of individual biblical concepts and themes from many angles. It then groups them together in a logical manner.
What meanings create different vantage points?
Context-Centred Meaning (world BEHIND the text), the meaning is solely found in the author’s intention and context
Text-Centred Meaning (world IN the text), meaning is only actually language as a literary reality
Reader-Centred Meaning (world IN FRONT of the text), there could be many meanings, determined by the context of the reader, not the author
How do we create a balanced approach?
- The Author Context
- The Literary Context
- The Context of the Original Readers (them)
- The Context of All Readers (us)
What is General Hermeneutics?
Covers principles of interpretation that essentially relate to the entire biblical text.
Includes: historical & cultural contextual studies, grammatical and syntactical context studies, issuers related to the nature of biblical revelation, theological tradition and the New Testament’s relationship and use of the Old Testament
Then and there to here and now (their town to our town)
What is Special Hermeneutics?
Covers issues related to the interpretation of the various distinct genres of scripture (narrative, parables, etc.)
Why is Hermeneutics considered a science?
A good hermeneutical method that bears consistently accurate interpretations does not have rules and these rules can be classified into an orderly system.
Why is Hermeneutics considered art?
Communication is very flexible and certainly carries an intuitive component, and therefore a mechanical and rigid application of rules will sometimes distort the true meaning of communication.
What tips can be used when reading a sentence?
Repetition of words
Contrasts
Comparisons
Lists
Cause & Effect
Figures of Speech
Conjunctions
Verbs
Pronouns
What tips ca be used when reading paragraphs?
General & Specific
Questions & Answers
Dialogue
Purpose Statements
Means (How?)
Conditional Clauses
Actions/Roles
Emotional Terms
Tone
What tips can be used when reading discourses?
Connections between paragraphs and episodes
Story Shifts, major breaks and pivots
Interchange
Chaism (literary device)
Inclusio (where the author chooses to end with the same theme, thought, event, activity that they began with)
