religion

Question 1

divine authorship

Answer 1

God’s word written through the regency of Human authors.

Question 2

bibical inerrancy

Answer 2

the belief that the bible is withour error or fault in all its teachings.

Question 3

canon

Answer 3

the collection of books that comprise the sacred scriptures or bibles of Jesus and christians.

Question 4

the old testament was written in

Answer 4

Hebrew and some arabic

Question 5

the new testament was written in

Answer 5

greek

Question 6

vulgate

Answer 6

translation of the bible to latin. initiated by Saint jerome

Question 7

spiritual sense

Answer 7

goes beyond and deeper than the literal sense.

Question 7

septuagint

Answer 7

scholars translating the Hebrew scriptures to greek

Question 8

new American bible

Answer 8

translation to english

Question 9

literal sense

Answer 9

meaning conveyes by words discovered by exegesis. the obvious meaning and the plain sense.

Question 10

allegorical sense

Answer 10

how the people, events, and things in the literal sense point to the mysteries of God and our spiritual lives.

Question 11

moral sense

Answer 11

the search for what it means to live a just and ethical life, how the passage from scripture helps us to live in a right relationship with God, neighbor, self, and creation.

Question 12

anagogical sense

Answer 12

investigates realities and events in terms of their eternal significance, shows in what way the story leads us to our future heavenly home.

Question 13

bibical criticism/exegesis

Answer 13

using science to explain the Bible

Question 14

textual criticism

Answer 14

deals with the text; concerned with finding the most original texts written by the human authors and creating authentic translations.

Question 15

historical criticism

Answer 15

considers the historical setting of the text

Question 16

literary criticism

Answer 16

considers the literary forms utilized in the text and how those are used to convey the deeper meaning of thetext.

Question 17

source criticsm

Answer 17

concerns intself with other writings the human author drew on in writing his book and how the bible stories compare to other ancient writings.

Question 18

criteria for NT canon

Answer 18

1. apostolic origin
2. universal acceptance
3. litergical use
4. consistency w ith the teaching of Jesus handed down the apostles and Jewish tradition.

Question 19

jepd theory

Answer 19

1.yahwist
2.eloist
3.priestly
4.deuteronomist