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BIB-107 Introduction to the NT
Chapters 1, 10-12 Key terms, people, and places
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Bible Studies
Undergraduate 1
05/20/2022

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Apostle
Definition
"A messenger" or "one who is sent", applied to the twelve leaders appointed by Jesus
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Canon
Definition
Scriptures received by the church as authoritative for its life and thoughts, used as a standard or basis for judgment
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Church
Definition
from the Greek word "Ekklesia" or "assembly", referring to the congregation of believers in Christ
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Concursus
Definition
The complementary inter working of God and human writers in the composition of the Bible
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Dead Sea Scrolls
Definition
A group of Jewish Documents written between 250 BC and 68AD found in caves near the Dead Sea in the late 1940s
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Inspiration
Definition
The truth that the Bible has as its origin, God himself, behind each human author of Scripture
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Lectionaries
Definition
Books containing brief selections of Scripture for use in worship services organized in accordance with the church year
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Manuscript
Definition
A handwritten copy of the whole Bible or part of it
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Minuscule
Definition
means "somewhat small" referring to a large group of Greek biblical manuscripts dating from the 9th to early 16th centuries AD
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Rabbinic
Definition
Writings from the Jewish religious teachers and leaders active before and after NT times
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Revelation
Definition
Knowledge of God made known or uncovered
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Textual Criticism
Definition
The study of ancient texts and versions of the Bible to determine what the original author most likely penned
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Torah
Definition
means "law" or "teaching" used most often to refer to the first five books of the Bible
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Uncial
Definition
A large group of Greek biblical manuscripts written in large, carefully formed letters similar to capital letters.
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Canonical Criticism
Definition
An interpretive approach starting with the nature of Scripture as revealed by historical criticism and then asks how the biblical text functions in communities of faith
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Discourse Analysis
Definition
Investigation of the text's form and function in all of its parts and levels arriving at a better understanding of the parts and as a whole
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Existentialism
Definition
A philosophy and attitude focusing on the problems of human life in the modern world
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Exegesis
Definition
Drawing the author's original meaning and intent from a text by considering all of the relevant data
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Doxology
Definition
Formal Expression of praise, offering glory and honor to God
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Form Criticism
Definition
An analysis that distinguishes between what is primary and secondary in a text and aid in the process of exegesis
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Hermeneutics
Definition
Means "to interpret", usually referring to the science and art of interpreting a text
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Historical Criticism
Definition
Discipline of study that deals with the historical setting of a document
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Literary Criticism
Definition
The study of Biblical Books as literature, analyzing their forms, structure, figures of speech, and general literary characteristics
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Redaction Criticism
Definition
Method of critical study to isolate the earlier units of tradition from the editorial elements in order to place them in their proper life setting
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Sociological Criticism
Definition
Method of interpretation that uses modern social science theories and insights to examine the social setting in which the biblical text was written
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Source Criticism
Definition
Method of study to reconstruct the sources that the Gospel writers may have used to write their accounts
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Structuralism
Definition
An approach to Biblical study that underlying all expression and narrative is a structure in one's mind determining courses that one's thoughts and expressions take.
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Markan Hypothesis
Definition
Hypothesis that Mark was the first written Gospel and primary source for both Matthew and Luke
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Narrative Criticism
Definition
Approach that tries to incorporate modern insights on the study of ancient and modern literature, such as the Bible as a literary production
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Pericopae
Definition
A literary unit of tradition, such as a parable or story in form criticism
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Q
Definition
German "quelle" or "source" designates a hypothetical document that contained primarily sayings of Jesus
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Reader-Response Theory
Definition
Theory of interpretation asserting the meaning of a text lies not in the author's intended message but in the thought and feeling of readers as they encounter the text
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Rhetorical Criticism
Definition
Method to better understand a biblical author's intended meaning by analyzing speech, argumentation, and persuasion from the author's time period
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Demythologizing
Definition
Reinterpreting mythological biblical images and language to provide self-understanding acceptable to the modern scientific mind in anthropological (human-oriented) or existential (personal) categories
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