Week 3 Biblical Interpretation Flashcards

(30 cards)

1
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NT authors considered OT historical

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truthfully relating actual events

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NT authors considered OT to be Word of God

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spoken by God

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3
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NT authors considered context of passages

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Mostly

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4
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NT authors employed OT in typological way

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Some things pointed to greater thing without losing their own significance

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5
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NT authors employed OT in messianic way

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Pointed to Christ in OT

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6
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Types point to antitype

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Antitype is the authentic thing

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7
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Allegory did not lose original meaning

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Eg Hagar and Sarah in Galatians 4

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8
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Allegorical interpretation became popular

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100-500 ad. Incl Augustine

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9
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Fourfold meaning of Scripture became popular

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500-1500 ad

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10
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Four meanings

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Literal, moral, allegorical (spiritual), heavenly (eschatological/anagogical)

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11
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Literal

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Ex Jerusalem is a physical place

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12
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Moral

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Jerusalem is the human soul

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13
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Spiritual/allegorical

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Jerusalem is the Christian soul

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14
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Heavenly/eschatological/anagogical

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Heavenly city

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15
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Return to faithful interpretive method

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1500 - present

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16
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Ad fontes and sola scriptura

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mottos of faithful interpretation movement

17
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Not just Greek but Bible

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Luther returned to the Bible as authoritative

18
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Anti Supernatural bias

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1650 - present

19
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Good interpretive principle 1: prayerful

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John 14:26, 1 Cor 2:12-13 God reveals through Spirit. Need humility.

20
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Good interpretive principle 2: Bible points to Jesus

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John 5:39 you search the Scriptures

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Good interpretive principle 3: Analogy of faith

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Let scripture interpret scripture. By reading NT you better understand OT.

22
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Good interpretive principle 4: Meditate

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“Deep thinking for understanding”

Ps 119 O how I love your law.

23
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Good interpretive principle 5: Attitude of faith and obedience

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Good interpretive principle 6: Note genre

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Law, prophecy, gospel, apocalypse, narrative, discourse, parable, poetry–sometimes a combination

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Good interpretive principle 7: Note historical and cultural background issues
patriarchal, Jewish, pagan, Roman, Assyrian, Babylonian, pre-flood etc
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Good interpretive principle 8: Context
popularly used verses often aren't supported by context
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Good interpretive principle 9: Read in community
Col 3:16 Let word dwell in you plural richly.
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Good interpretive principle 10: Begin the journey of becoming a more faithful interpreter
Entrust these to faithful men who will be able to teach others.
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Avoid gnostic search for hidden meaning
by understanding that God really spoke through human penmen, in human language who wrote in a historical context for a present audience --S Ferguson
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It can't mean more
than it meant to original writer