Key Words, Chapter 15 Flashcards
Allusion
an authorially intended reference to a preceding text of Scripture involving verbal or, at a minimum, conceptual similarity
Anti-type
a later pattern of God’s dealings with his people that corresponds to an earlier instance (see Type below)
Appropriation technique
specific ways in which the Old Testament is appropriated by a New Testament writer as part of his theological argument
Biblical theology
a discipline of biblical study which seeks to investigate Scripture as originally given in its historical context and on in its own terms (in distinction from Systematic theology; see below)
Direct quotation
an explicit, verbatim citation of an Old Testament passage, usually fronted by an introductory formula (in distinction to Allusions or Echoes; see definition of these)
Dogmatic theology
older (German) term for “Systematic theology”
Echo
an authorially intended reference to a preceding text of Scripture which exhibits a proportionately lesser degree of verbal similarity than an allusion (see definition above)
Hermeneutical axiom
an underlying assumption which leads a New Testament writer to use an Old Testament passage in a certain way (e.g., Jesus is the Messiah)
Introductory formula
a phrase preceding a direct Old Testament quotation in the New Testament, such as “it is written”
Midrash
Jewish commentary
Prediction-fulfillment
a phenomenon by which an Old Testament prediction is fulfilled in the New Testament
Systematic theology
a form of presentation of biblical teaching which is essentially topical in nature (in distinction from biblical theology; see above)
Type
an instance of a historical person, event, or institution that exhibits a pattern of God’s dealings with his people in salvation history
Typology
an escalating pattern in salvation history in which a later anti-type is found to correspond to one or several original types
