Chapter 2 Flashcards
The story of how God saves us through human history
Salvation History
The bible is our source of ______. It reveals the truth about our salvation history
Revelation
Comes from the Greek word “biblia”=books
Bible
The bible has two parts
The Old Testament and The New Testament
The Old Testament is also called ______
Hebrew Scripture
The New Testament is also called ______
Christian Scriptures
Original language of the Old Testament was?
Hebrew
The original language of the New Testament was?
Greek
How many books in the Old Testament?
Jews: 39 books
Catholics: 46 books
Protestants: 39 books
How many books are in the New Testament?
Jews: 0 books
Catholic: 27 books
Protestants: 27 books
2nd Canon. Writings of obscure origins
Deuterocanonical
“Hidden or secret” what the Jews called them. They don’t accept them
Apocrypha
Before Christ
B.C.
“Anno domini”=”in the year of The Lord”
A.D.
Before Common Era
B.C.E
Common Era
C.E
Tries it keep us close to the path
Scripture
A story that is trying to convey a meaning to you, yet more then one meaning
The Allegory Sense
To lead us to live a good life
The Moral Sense
Helping us to get to heaven. To show us the way to heaven
The Anagogical sense
Try to determine historical context of the biblical text
Historical Criticism
The literary detective work that helps discover where the biblical authors got their material
Source Criticism
Involves studying small units of biblical context to attempt to determine how each book took shape in the period of oral tradition before the actual writing of the biblical books
Form Criticism
Tries to determine what theological insight given in biblical author that had influenced him/her in their organization of the material
Redaction Criticism
Comes from the Latin word “testamentum”=covenant/agreement
Testament
Why would they switch the name of Old Testament to Hebrew Scripture?
- Out of respect for the Jews
2. The word “old” implies out dated
