Bible Quiz 10/1/24 Flashcards
What is the first step of the Interpretive Journey
Grasping the Text: What did the text mean to the Biblical audience or the original readers? What does the dialogue mean for the biblical characters?
What is the second step of the Interpretive Journey
Measuring the width of the River to Cross: What are the differences between the original readers and us as modern readers? How are we different from the Biblical characters?
What is the third step of the Interpretive Journey
Crossing the Principlizing Bridge: What is the theological principle in this text? What ideas go beyond the original time of the audience?
What is the fourth step of the Interpretive Journey
Consult the Biblical Map: How does this principle make sense with the rest of the Bible? The Bible does not contradict itself if we are reading it as the original authors intended.
What is the fifth step of the Interpretive Journey
Grasping the Text Again: How do modern readers live as a result of the text? How do readers live out the theological principles?
What three genres are in the Bible
Narrative, Poetry, and Discourse (Speeches)
What genre takes up 44% of the Bible
Narrative
What genre takes up 33% of the Bible
Poetry
What genre takes up 23% of the Bible
Discourse (Speeches)
What is the library arrangement of the Bible
The arrangement found in modern Bibles
What is the TaNaK arrangement of the Bible
Torah, Nevi’im, and Ketuvim
What does Torah mean
Pentateuch (Law)
What does Nevi’im mean
Prophets
What does Ketuvim mean
Writings
What are the themes of Genesis
- Land
- Seed/Offspring
- Blessing
- Kingship
- Relationship