Bib Faith Exam 1 Flashcards
ECOWS
Event Confession Oral Tradition Written Tradition Scripture
the account of go’d self-disclosure to humanity through His words and actions
revelation
the flesh and blood form of a human being in the person of Jesus
Incarnation
Plays an active part in the receiving and recording of revelation by ancient biblical writers
Inspiration
The view of inspiration as God’s dictation of His speech to the writers of the Bible
Dictation theory of inspiration
The view of the active involvement of the Holy Spirit in the writing of the Scriptures
Dynamical Theory of Inspiration
A collection of writings accepted by a religious body as authoritative and normative for faith and practice
Canon; originally a reed/”measuring stick”
The study of how to read and interpret the Bible
Hermeneutics
The study of a text to determine its meaning either in its historical context or in its literary context
Exegesis
3 perspectives to study the Bible
World Behind the Text: History
World Within the Text: Literary Character
World in Front of the Text: what readers take away and apply from the text
Literary genres found in the Bible
Narrative, Poetry, Laws, Prophetic Speeches, Wisdom Sayings, Apocalyptic Lit, Parables, Letter
First 11 chapters of Genesis; set the stage for God’s encounter with Abraham
primeval traditions/narratives
12-50 of Gensis; Deal with stories of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and Israel’s faith and history
patriarchal traditions
What are the “two creation accounts” in Genesis?
The creation of the world and the creation of the nation Israel
How did Israelite’s view the structure of the universe as seen in Genesis? Why is how they view creation important?
Circular, flat; has a dome shaped sky. Water above the sky is rain.
It is “prescientific” and cautions against literal interpretation of creation traditions
Hebrew for man
‘adam
Hebrew for ground
adamah
Hebrew for “to cease”
Shabat
Greek for “fullness of time”
Kairos
First attempt to translate the Bible
Targums (“translation”); Jewish scribes put oral paraphrases into writing before the time of Christ
Translation of the Bible from Hebrew to Greek; first “event” in the history of Bible translation
Septuagint (LXX); done in Alexandria Egypt for Greek-speaking Jews (BC)
Translation of Bible to Latin; second “event” in Bible translation history; fourth century AD
Vulgate (by Jerome)
First systematic attempt to translate Bible to English; wanted the Bible to be available for common people
John Wycliffe, NT appeared in 1380, he and friends completed whole Bible 2 years later
First scholar to translate portion of Bible from original languages; first printed edition of English Bible
William Tyndale; NT in 1526
History of King James Version
King James 1 commissioned a translation of the whole Bible in 1604. 54 scholars worked in 6 groups, started 1607 finished 1611
Preserves as much as possible the original word order and sentence structure; examples
Word Literal; New Revised Standard Version and KJV and NASB
Facts: Accurate and faithful to original and does by committees to help against bias; have awkward constructions and may outlive intended useful life
Thought-for-thought translation; requires use of modern idiot and thought forms to convey the message authentically and accurately to modern readers; ex.
Dynamic Equivalent; NIV
Facts: becomes dated more rapidly than word-literal; more readable, user-friendly than word-literal
Translation that expresses the ideas found in the book with the most contemporary language possible; ex.
Free Paraphrase; the Message, the Living Bible
Facts: least faithful and becomes most quickly outdated; easiest to read for non-churched people; usually done by one person and has much bias
T/F The Bible is written to give us an answer for everything
F; it is not written to give us an answer for everything, it is written to teach salvation in Christ without error
How is the Bible “inerrant?”
It is inerrant regarding the will of God, morals, and salvation. It is not necessarily inerrant regarding science/history in it and that is OK because nothing regarding salvation is changed by the history or science in the Bible being correct/incorrect
Karl Barth’s 3-fold Form of the Word of God
- Word of God Incarnate-Jesus Christ
- Word of God Written-Scripture
- Word of God Proclaimed-Preaching/Witness
7 Affirmations regarding Biblical Authority*
- The conjunction of Intrinsically Persuasive Content and Reader Consent/Assent (authority comes from person being respectable/trustworthy)
- Enduring formative and normative power in Church and culture
- Dual quality of stability and adaptability
- Descriptive Realism
- Contextual Applicability
- Positive Effect of diversity and conflict
- Permits interpretation, discernment, and judgment