KEY TERMS
This term describes the “science and art” of Biblical interpretation.
What is hermeneutics?
This type of revelation refers to God’s disclosure of Himself through nature and human conscience.
What is natural revelation?
According to 2 Timothy 3:16, Scripture is described as this, emphasizing its divine origin.
What is God-breathed?
This “distance” arises because the Bible was written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.
What is the distance of language?
The challenge when people read their own ideas into a text rather than seeking the original author’s intention.
What is eisegesis?
The process of drawing meaning from a biblical text, rather than adding your own meaning to it.
What is exegesis?
This form of revelation involves God’s specific, direct communication of truth, including Scripture and Jesus Christ.
What is supernatural (special) revelation?
This principle teaches that every part of Scripture is inspired, not just certain portions.
What is plenary inspiration?
This distance includes comparing an industrialized, individualistic society with the ancient Near Eastern culture of the Bible.
What is the distance of culture?
This problem contrasts personal readings with trying to find the universal meaning in the text.
Question: What is the subjective vs. objective dilemma (or reader-response issue)?
What is the subjective vs. objective dilemma (or reader-response issue)?
Placing our own ideas into the text, rather than discovering the author’s intended meaning.
What is eisegesis?
He is described in Hebrews 1:1-3 as the living Word and the culmination of all previous revelation.
Who is Jesus Christ?
Because Scripture comes from God, it is said to be without error in its original manuscripts, a doctrine called this.
What is inerrancy?
Seen in Ruth 4:6-8 or Leviticus 19:19, this hermeneutical challenge involves discerning which are mere customs versus binding mandates.
What is the problem of differentiating cultural practices from biblical commands?
Determining exactly what the author meant, rather than merely applying our own perspective, is known as respecting this.
What is the author’s intent?
This process involves determining and explaining the meaning of a text by looking at language, context, and purpose.
What is interpretation?
This term refers to the Holy Spirit’s work in enabling believers to grasp and apply divine truth.
What is illumination?
Referring to Matthew 5:18 and 1 Corinthians 2:13, this view holds that even the words of Scripture are divinely guided.
Question: What is verbal inspiration?
The centuries since the last biblical books were written highlight this distance.
What is the distance of time?
The three expressions of meaning in any communication include the intended meaning, the audience’s understanding, and this.
What is the meaning encoded within the text?
The process of taking a properly interpreted passage of Scripture and practicing it in daily life.
What is application?
These two broad categories of God’s self-disclosure encompass His general and specific ways of making Himself known.
What are natural revelation and supernatural revelation?
Answer: This concept asserts that Scripture, being God’s Word, carries the highest level of influence in doctrinal and moral matters.
What is ultimate (or supreme) authority?
“Thinking like a 1st-century Jew,” as the notes suggest, requires awareness of all these gaps to determine the author’s true meaning.
What is the overriding principle for bridging cultural, temporal, and linguistic distances?
The best way to combat misinterpretation, according to John 16:13, is relying on this divine aid.
What is the Holy Spirit’s illumination?