4 Ways Of Interpreting Scripture Flashcards
What is meant by exegesis
Interpreting the text
What is hermeneutics?
The branch of knowledge that deals with the interpretation of the text, usually the bible
What is the allegorical approach to biblical interpretation?
It searches for the deeper, underlying meaning within biblical passages
How does the allegorical approach differ from the moral approach?
The moral approach is not concerned with theological meaning, but instead discovering the ethics and moral teachings beneath biblical narratives
What does Barth mean by describing the bible as a ‘witness’ to revelation?
Barths use of ‘witness’ refers not just to the bibles recording of gods revelatory activity on earth but also its ability to communicate this revelation to the reader
What is demythologisation?
The process of stripping myths from the biblical text in order that its mythological or cosmological claims are separated from its other philosophical and theological teachings
What is the most important aspect of the bible to Bultmann?
Kerygyma
What is existentialism?
A field of philosophy that deals with questions about the meaning and nature of human existence
Within what approach to biblical interpretation have followers often endorsed deism?
The rational approach
What approach to biblical interpretation often focuses on analysing techniques such as drama, irony and narrative
The literary approach
