Interpretation & Hermeneutics
Write down the definition of the word hermeneutic.
What is...
The methodology of interpretation.
List the 4 Stages of the Formation of the Bible.
What are...
Events
Oral Tradition
Written Tradition
Canon Established
Biblical interpretation that takes into account various contexts for understanding.
(e.g. the senses of Scripture, literary forms, historical situations, cultural backgrounds, Sacred Tradition.)
What is Contextualism?
How many books are in the canon of the Catholic Bible?
What are...
73 books
List the Three Worlds Approach.
What are...
World Behind the Text
World Within the Text
World In Front of the Text
List the Four Standards that were used by the Church to determine the Canon of Scripture?
What are...
Apostolic Origin
Community Acceptance
Use in early Christian worship
Consistency
This is the doctrine that the Holy Spirit gave assistance to the human authors of the Bible to communicate God’s message of salvation.
What is Divine Inspiration?
What are the 3 main parts of the Tanakh (Jewish Bible)?
What are...
Torah (Law)
Nevi'im (Prophets)
Ketuvim (Writings)
When someone, after careful study and close reading, critically interprets the meaning of a text.
What is Exegesis?
When materials are gathered and edited into a written collection. Through a faith lens, it is the synthesis in written form of the message of salvation that has been passed down in the oral tradition.
What is Written Tradition?
What is Sacred Tradition?
The process of handing on the Gospel message. This began with the oral communication of the Gospel by the Apostles.
The "Gospel of Philip" and the "Gospel of Thomas" are examples of gnostic gospels that never made the final canon of the Bible.
Gnosticism was a heretical movement that believed in what?
A heretical religious movement that claimed salvation comes from secret knowledge available only to the elite.
When someone uses their own presuppositions or biases to determine the meaning of a text.
What is Eisegesis?
When events and stories are passed down by word of mouth. Through a faith lens, it is the handing on of the message of salvation through words and deeds.
What is Oral Tradition?
What is Biblical Inerrancy?
The teaching that the books of the Bible are free from error regarding the truth God wishes to reveal for our salvation.
What is the Latin word for "to hand on"?
What is...
tradere
Using the Three World Approach, this lens studies the details of the actual text. What happens? What is the genre? How is it connected to other parts of the Bible?
What is...
The World Within the Text
When determining the canon of scripture, these two standards were used to see if the book was accepted by all major Christian communities in the Mediterranean world, and whether the book was being used in liturgical celebrations.
What are...
Community Acceptance
Use in early Christian worship
Divine Revelation is God's self-communication through which he makes known the mystery of his divine plan.
This also entails a pattern of specific events in human history in which God clearly reveals his presence and saving actions. What is the name of this concept?
What is Salvation History?
What are the three main councils of the Catholic Church that helped determine the canon of Scripture?
What are..
Council of Hippo (393)
Council of Carthage (397)
Council of Trent (1543-1563)