Scrip test 1 Flashcards
What are the sections of Hebrew OT
Torah, 12 prophets, Nevim, Books of truth, 5 scrolls, and rest of the writings
Catholic canon sections
pentetauch, poetry and wisdom, history, prophets
what are the rules for interpreting scripture
- Closely at unity of whole scripture
- Read within living tradition of whole Church
- Attentive to anology of faith - unity of truths of faith by themselves and in whole
scriptural senses
literal and spiritual
biblical exegesis
critical interpretation and explanation of the bible
Biblical eisegesis
own personal interpretation of text
What was the first Bible written
The Vulgate written by Saint Jerome (latin)
allegorical and metephor
story or saying to understand deeper truth
Example of allegorical story in Old Testament?
Apple in Garden of Eden representing sin/break of covenant
what does Adam translate to
human
what does Eve translate to
life
what is oral tradition
Passing of tradition through word of mouth
written tradition
Synthesis of oral tradition written into books capturing divine revelation
what are the stages of development of scripture
Experience God, shared orally, inspired written tradition, successors of the Apostles decide what’s cannon
what is cannon
greek word for rule or standard
what is apostolic succession
line from apostles passing down of power to Bishop
what groups decide what is canon
magisterium
what are the criteria used to decide what books are canon
- Apostolic origin
- Universal acceptance
- writings in their liturgical seasons
- Consistency of message with other Christian and Jewish writings
who were the first humans
Adam and Eve
what was the name of the tree in the Garden of Eden
the tree of knowledge of good and evil
what creature tempted them in the garden of eden
snake/representing devil
sin
A word, thought, deed, or omission
what was the first sin commited by humans
they decided for themselves what was good and evil
Who were the first children names
Cain and Abel
punishment of the first humans after the fall
Eve = pain in child birth
Adam = struggle against creation for food and banned from garden
