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| “In Christian exegesis, one of the traditional ways of interpreting Scripture in distinction to the literal or historical sense. The Greek word…belongs to ancient literary theory and is defined as ‘speaking one thing and signifying something other than what is said.’” |
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“Revelation” is a translation of the Greek term apokalypsis
literally means “an unveiling” or “a revealing”
An apocalypse is the revealing of things that were previously hidden.
Revelation seeks to reveal to Christians the truth about God & about the world.
Message is negative (doom) & positive (hope) |
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| The doctrine that indicates how a person who is condemned by sin can be placed in right standing before God by means of a sacrifice. In traditional Christian teaching, it is Christ’s death that brings atonement” |
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| “The original manuscript of a literary text, from a Greek word meaning ‘the writing itself’” |
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| baptism (28) (what it means in Greek, that it was an initiation rite in earliest Christianity, and how this fits in with the “Participationist Model of Salvation” in Romans) |
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Greek baptizo, “to immerse”
Earliest Christian practice of baptism in water appears to have been an initiation rite
For Paul, one unites with Christ in his death symbolically through baptism.
Those that are baptized into Christ escape the cosmic forces of evil and the power of sin & death
=salvation |
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(Greek “overseer”)
“take care of God’s church” as one would a household (3:4-5)
Teach |
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| Greek, “universal” or “general |
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| Catholic or General Epistles (34) (Know the texts that fall in this category and why this category is called such) |
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Catholic or General Epistles (34) (Know the texts that fall in this category and why this category is called such)
The Johannine epistles (1, 2 & 3 John)
James
1 & 2 Peter
Jude
(sometimes Hebrews)
Traditionally thought to address general problems experienced by Christians everywhere |
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| charismatic communities (32) |
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Paul’s churches
• Congregations of people who believed that they had been endowed with God’s Spirit and had spiritual gifts that enabled them to minister to each other.
• Other than the apostle, there was no one in charge, since each person had the Spirit. |
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| “A book with pages bound together in the modern style” |
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a method used to study a literary text first by determining its social and historical context and then using that contxt to help explain the text’s meaning
define the texts social and historical context (requires use of the text itself)
use this context to further explain its meaning |
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(Greek, “one who ministers,” “servants”)
Later on in the early church, we see deacons have the responsibility of tending to the physical needs of the community |
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is the view that Jesus was not a human being but only appeared to be, from a greek word meaning ‘to seem’ or ‘to appear’
docetists are those who held this view |
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| homonymous (34) (including the two texts of the NT that are possibly homonymous—James and Revelation) |
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(“same name”)
• In the context of our class, a book written by someone who had the same name as a person well known in Christian circles |
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| “A handwritten copy of a literary text” |
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, Greek meaning “presence” or “coming”
Here it refers to a technical term for the second coming of Jesus in judgment at the end of time. |
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(Greek, “elder”)
• In 1 Timothy, seem to have a similar role to the Bishop
In Titus, this term seems to be interchangeable with the bishop
were given the responsibility of tending to the spiritual needs of the community |
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| “Literate Christians responsible for copying sacred scripture” |
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| a reference to a group of Christians who split from the Johannine community over issues of theology and were attacked by the author of the Johannine epistles for refusing to acknowledge that Jesus was a flesh and blood human being. |
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| textual criticism/textual critic (39) |
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| “An academic discipline that seeks to establish the original wording of the text based on the surviving manuscripts |
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• from the Latin, literally meaning “received text.”
From the 16th c. to the end of the 19th c., it refers the accepted NT Greek text on which translations in Europe were based |
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