rels 300 final Flashcards
1
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4 things the Bible is not
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- a magic answer book
- a list of commands to obey
- a list of promises to claim
- a textbook of systematic theology
2
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parts of historical-cultural context 5
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- geographic
- historical (events)
- socio-political (relationships)
- religious (beliefs, customs, values)
- cultural (beliefs, customs, values)
3
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reasons the Bible is not a textbook of systematic theology 3
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- it’s theology is progressively revealed
- it’s theological statements are contextually located
- it’s theology is selective, not comprehensive
4
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three questions for h-c context
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- what can be said about the people in view
- what is the background
- what is the situation
5
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people h-c 3
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- key players
- wider community
- their history, location, beliefs, etc
6
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background h-c 3
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- ancient events
- political realities
- places, values, customs, beliefs mentioned or alluded to
7
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situation h-c 2
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- circumstances that may have led the author to produce this document
- how might these matters cast a dif light on how we understand what’s going on
8
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h-c challenges 3
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- information may not be available or unstated in the passage
- what is provided sometimes may be limited in scope, from one particular perspective
- reconstructions can only be undertaken to a certain extent is always partial and may require educated guesswork
9
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what is the quadriga 4
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- a 4fold approach to reading the Bible
- as attributed to John Cassian
- key aspect of medieval biblical interpretation
- not universally used but dominant
10
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quadriga aspects 4
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- history (literal)
- allegorical
- moral or tropological
- anagogical or eschatological
11
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quadriga history 3
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- events narrated, facts
- (including text’s underlying meaning and significance, what the author intends to convey)
- aim is not the reconstruction and verification of information, but to recount the biblical narrative as telling the epic human story and for instruction and character formation
12
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quadriga allegorical 2
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- what you should believe
- Spiritual interpretation of the Bible reveals the mystery of Christ and the church, hence the very content of the Christian faith
13
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2 types of allegory in the early church
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- makes sense of texts that otherwise lack sense when read literally
- allegories which add to the literal level of the text
14
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quadriga moral or tropological 2
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- what you should do
- tropological - to turn, every passage of Scripture has a call to conversion either initial or ongoing
15
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anagogical or eschatological quadriga 1
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- leading up to the ultimate outworking of the mystery of God
16
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strauss’ 4 qs
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- where is the passage in the larger story of Scripture?
- what is the author’s purpose in light of the passage’s genre and literary and historical context?
- how does this passage inform our understanding of the nature of God and his purpose for the world/?
- what does this passage teach us about who we ought to be and what we ought to do as those seeking to reflect the nature and purposes of God?
17
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3 models
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- crossing the hermeneutical bridge and back
- pyramid of abstraction
- tracing the trajectory of the Spirit: a redemptive-movement hermeneutic
18
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8 criteria
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- purpose
- cultural correspondence
- canonical consistency
- countercultural witness
- cultural limitations
- creation principle
- character of God
- redemptive priority
19
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test cases 3
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- sabbath commandment
- homosexuality
- women in leadership
20
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crossing the hermeneutical bridge and back 4 steps
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- grasp the text in the other town (what did the text mean to the og audience)
- measure the width of the river to cross (what are the difs between the biblical audience and us_
- cross the principlizing bridge (what is the theological principle in this text?)
- grasp the text in our own town (how should individual Christians apply the theological principle in their lives? )
21
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hermeneutical bridge strengths 2
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- simple 2 steps of exegesis and contemporary contextualization
- stresses h-c difs
22
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hermeneutical bridge concerns 2
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- is this treating the Bible as Scripture or as an artifact with timeless truths/principles, and is this adequate?
- are we then to thinking of the earliest church and contemporary church as significantly separated or as together in the continuing story of all God’s people
23
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pyramid or ladder of abstraction
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as we from top to bottom, the principles move from the universal towards the more culturally and situationally specific
24
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pyramid or ladder of abstraction limitations 3
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- are principles the only way to go?
- genre-dependent
- moves too quickly over serious interaction with cultural issues in the text
25
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pyramid of abstraction benefits 2
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practical and simple
26
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pyramid of abstraction examples 3
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- love of God and neighbor at the top, more universal abstract
- food offered to idols moving down, instructions more h-c specific with principle in play of build up rather than bring down, requiring no application
- levitical laws related to Israel’s ane context at the bottom
27
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trajectory of the Spirit 3
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- scripture reveals a clear redemptive movement hermeneutic, the unfolding trajectory of the Spirit
- does this extend beyond the Bible?
- Bible is final revelation, but not final realization of social ethics in all particulars (ex slavery)
28
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trajectory of the Spirit strengths 2
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- takes h-c contexts seriously
- functions within God’s covenantal and redemptive framework
29
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trajectory of the Spirit hazards
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- are we projecting own culture onto what the Bible says?
30
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strauss’ 4 parts of exegesis
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- syntax and meaning of words
- genre and form
- hist con
- lit con
