Kinds of Biblical Meanings / Scientific Tools/Methods used for Exegesis

Question 1

the sense or meaning which the author directly intends and which his words convey.

Answer 1

Literal Sense

Question 2

A meaning that the text poses in the light of God’s revelation in Jesus Christ.

Answer 2

Spiritual Sense

Question 3

the sense or meaning which the author did not intend but which the reader gets out of reading the text of the Bible

Answer 3

More-than-Literal Sense

Question 4

study of the different ancient manuscripts of the Bible to determine which is the original text from the different variations presented by the manuscript.

Answer 4

Textual Criticism

Question 5

study of the linguistic and grammatical analysis of the text.

Answer 5

Philological Criticism

Question 6

understanding the text within its historical context.

Answer 6

Historical Criticism

Question 7

determines the type of literature used in the Bible and the form or way in which it is expressed.

Answer 7

Form Criticism

Question 8

determines the different sources that the writer used in making his text and in so doing explain the apparent contradictions or discrepancies in the text.

Answer 8

Source Criticism

Question 9

study of the way a text is edited and how it develops according to the editor’s final point of view.

Answer 9

Redaction Criticism

Question 10

attempts to capture the spoken quality of the text; and understand what the impact of the text could have been upon the people who first listened to it.

Answer 10

Rhetorical Criticism

Question 11

study of the structure of Biblical texts to understand the interrelations of parts and how they are organized within the whole text.

Answer 11

Structural Criticism