Historiography & Sources
The process used by historians to research, evaluate, and write history.
What is historiography?
The Latin term meaning "out of nothing," describing how God created the world.
What is ex nihilo?
The biblical figure who murdered his brother Abel and went on to build the first city.
Who is Cain?
The sign given by God to symbolize the Noahic Covenant.
What is the rainbow?
The key human sin and attitude that directly led to the dispersion at the Tower of Babel.
What is pride?
Artifacts, traditions, and written records.
What are the three main types of primary sources?
The Latin term translating to "image of God".
What is imago Dei?
Known as the "First Gospel," this term is the alternative name for Genesis 3:15.
What is the Protoevangelium?
The primary reason a universal flood was sent upon the earth.
What is human sin?
God's direct intervention to stop humanity from staying in one place at Babel.
What is confusing their languages?
Eyewitness accounts or physical objects like tools, pottery, and artifacts from the time period being studied.
What are primary sources?
Genesis 1:28, which outlines humanity's purpose to rule and care for the Earth.
What is the Creation Mandate?
In the conflict of the "two seeds," this group represents God's faithful followers, ultimately pointing to Christ.
Who are the seed of the woman?
God's primary promise established in the Noahic Covenant.
What is the promise never to flood the entire earth again?
The command from God that humanity disobeyed when building the Tower of Babel.
What is the command to fill the earth?
The step in historiography where a historian weaves historical facts into a coherent narrative.
What is historical synthesis?
The theory stating Earth's physical features were shaped by sudden, violent events like massive floods, volcanic eruptions, or asteroid impacts.
What is Catastrophism?
The godly line preserved amid an increasingly rebellious culture distant from God.
What is the Line of Seth?
The biblical chapters in Genesis where the details of the universal flood are recorded.
What are Genesis 6–8?
The chapter in Genesis that records the events at the Tower of Babel.
What is Genesis 11?
The step in historiography focused on determining the overall meaning and significance of historical events.
What is historical interpretation?
The belief that natural geological processes have always been and will always operate at the same rate.
What is Uniformitarianism?
The specific Genesis chapter recording the fall of humanity.
What is Genesis 3?
The means by which Noah and his family were preserved during the Flood.
What is by God's grace?
The historical result of the Tower of Babel regarding human civilization.
What is the rise of distinct ethnic groups, cultures, and languages?