Final Flashcards
Where did the allegorical method begin?
Alexandrian schools during the time of Augustine in the Reformation.
What are the five common errors in hermeneutics?
- Allegorism
- Traditionalism
- Rationalism
- Subjectivism
- Excessive liberalism
Which interpretive method is of necessity extremely subjective, and results in a Bible that can mean many things to many people?
Allegorism
Which interpretive method is rooted in authoritarian methods claim their view is the only right one based simply on the claim?
Traditionalism
Which method of hermeneutics did the early catholic church use by seeking agreement of
doctrine and interpretation in unity of bishops and churches?
Traditionalism
Do reformed writers and even Apostolics fall into the same interpretive trap as early
Catholics? Explain.
Yes, by quoting certain traditions as if they were canon
Which method did J. Gresham Machen fight?
Modernism
Which method did the faculty at Fuller Theological Seminary use in 1960’s when it moved away from inerrancy?
Rationalism
Which approach in hermeneutics looks only for a present “blessing” in one’s personal life
while disregarding the context and original intent of the passage?
Subjectivism
What two forms does Subjectivism as an interpretive method take?
Extreme devotionalism and existential theology
List some examples of subjectivism and briefly describe them.
- Liberation theology: develops a meaning along Marxist lines
- Feminist theology: seeks to eliminate any gender hierarchy
- Postmodern theology: which denies universal truth norms
At which point does subjectivism fail?
Places reader over scripture instead being subject to scripture
In what ways can a reader get into the error of Excessive Literalism? List four examples
- Overuse of etymology
- Overuse of english
- Overuse of grammar
- Finding multiple meanings
Did God create out of nothing?
Yes
What is “creation from nothing” called?
Ex Nihilo
Based on creation from nothing, what must we say about the original creation?
Wasn’t rearrangement of existing matter but a direct act of the will of God
Romans 4:17 shows God “calls” the non-existent things forth into existence proving what?
Creation ex nihilo is the only Biblical position
When Hebrews 11:3 says God “Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by
the Word of God so that things which are seen were not made of things which do.” what are the implications for Creation?
We must believe in creation Ex Nihilo
Give a description of what Stephen Hawking’s “A Brief History of Time” resorts to using.
An imaginary time, that can go backwards and reverse laws of physics, including 2nd law
of thermodynamics
Which concept of universe is new to physics, but taught for thousands of years in the Bible?
The universe began from nothing
What scientific claim makes the Bible unique among all “holy books”?
In presenting God as transcendent over time, space, matter, and energy
What are two non-chronological theories of creation?
- Framework hypothesis
2. Revelatory day hypothesis
What do the two non-chronological views depend upon and what is only of minimal use?
Scientific theories for understanding of time and manner of creation but consider the Bible
to be of only minimal use
What are the two extended time theories?
- Day age theory
2. Intermittent day theory