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Hermeneutics Flashcards

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Hermeneutics is related to study of the canon, textual criticism, historical criticism, exegesis, and biblical and systematic theology.

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True

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The third view of inspiration is that God works through the personalities of the biblical writers in such a way that they suspended their personal styles of expression of freedom, and what they produced was literally “God breathed.”

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False

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In the study of the scripture, the task of the exegete is to determine as closely as possible what God meant in a particular passage, rather than what it means to me.

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True

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We can usually rely on the spiritual intuition of fellow believers for added insights.

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False

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The concept of illumination need not extend beyond the Holy Spirit’s work of explicating the full meaning of the text.

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False

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Jesus consistently treated the historical narratives of the Old Testament as straightforward records of fact.

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True

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Jesus did not attack the law, but assumed it’s authority in interpreting it

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True

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Hermeneutics (applied exegesis) plays only a small role in the process of theological study.

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False

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More Orthodox interpreters have emphasized the importance of a literal interpretation, by which they meant interpreting God’s Word the way one interprets normal communication.

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True

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Approximately 20% of the New Testament is direct quotations, paraphrases, or allusions to the Old Testament

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False

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The vast majority of the New Testament references of the Old Testament interpret it by separating the message into literal and allegorical levels.

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False

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12
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Define the technical meaning of hermeneutics

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The science and art of biblical interpretation

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The task of the interpreter according to orthodox Christianity, has been to try to understand more fully the intended meaning of the original author

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True

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______ is the attempt to ascertain the original wording of the text

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Textual criticism

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______ is the application of the principles of the hermeneutics to arrive at a correct understanding of the text

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Exegesis

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Jesus used the scripture in His ______ to each of Satans temptations.

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Rebuttal

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Knowledge of a ______ must also be accompanied by its ______ to our own study of the Word

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Principle, Application

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18
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By the Apostles in at least ______ instances God is explicitly referred to as the author of the biblical text

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56

19
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Jesus argues that men were using this ______ to render God’s command (the fifth commandment) of no account.

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Pharisaic tradition

20
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People need ______, not an attestation of our ______.

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Clarity, erudition

21
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Rather then viewing the Bible as God’s truth revealed by ______, they believe scripture to be man’s thoughts about God

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God

22
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Both covenantal and dispensational theologians recognize that there is a great deal of ______ within salvation history despite the ______ in some areas.

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Continuity, discontinuity

23
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On what three factors concerning salvation do dispensationalists and covenantalists agree?

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A. The basis of salvation has always been the life, death, and resurrection of Christ.
B. The requirement of salvation has always been faith in God as he revealed himself.
C. The ultimate object of faith has always been God.

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Most ______ believe that the church did not originate until ______.

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Dispensational theologians, Pentecost

25
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Most covenantal theologians believe that the people of Israel have been set aside because of their ______ and that the church has replaced the nation of Israel as the ______.

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Unbelief, people of God

26
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A typical parable uses a ______ to emphasize or clarify an ______.

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Common event, important spiritual truth

27
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One passage that has caused a great deal of perplexity for evangelicals is Paul’s allegorizing in ______.

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Galatians 4

28
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______ is an attempt to discover in a narrative the spiritual, moral, or theological principles that have relevance for the contemporary believer

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Principlizing

29
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To speak with the authority of a ______ the minister must expound his word

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“Thus saith the Lord”

30
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The complex skill of biblical interpretation and application is divided into six steps. These are:

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A. Historical-cultural and contextual analysis
B. Lexical-syntactical analysis
C. Theological Analysis
D. Literary Analysis
E. Comparison with other interpreters
D. Application
31
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The task of the minister is twofold

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Minister of the Word of God

Minister the Word of God accurately

32
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Though we smile at the folly of applying a text without regard to its context, a significant number of Christians use this method to determine God’s will for their lives.

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True

33
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Hebrew poetry is characterized without rhythm; English poetry by its rhythm.

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False

34
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If a figure persists and becomes widely accepted within a culture, it is called an idiom.

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True

35
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A careful examination of the context is the best indicator of whether the passages are verbal or real parallels.

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True

36
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Liberal theologians typically view scripture as a product of the evolutionary development of Israel’s religion.

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True

37
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In some ways the epigenetic model may be viewed as a middle road between dispensationalism and covenantal theology.

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True

38
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Many are surprised to find that grace and the gospel are very much Old Testament concepts.

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True

39
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One of the greatest problems of religion is the lack of practical integration between our theological beliefs and daily living.

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True

40
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Typology is based on the assumption that there is a pattern of God’s work throughout salvation history.

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True

41
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A very practical issue in the interpretation of prophecy concerns how much prophecy is to be interpreted literally, and how much symbolically or analogically.

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True

42
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It is correct, as the premillennialist asserts, to understand Biblical passages literally unless the context suggests otherwise.

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True

43
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It is possible to be earnest, eloquent, and knowledgeable in the Scriptures, and yet preach it inaccurately or in less than its full truth.

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True

44
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Biblical authoritativeness should not be confused with human persuasiveness.

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True

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