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The Genres of Scripture Flashcards

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Referential Language

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Descriptive
Informational
Scientific
Stenographic
Non-Emotional
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Commissive Language

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Emotional
Decision-Evoking
Feeling-eliciting
Affective

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Poetry

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Job through Malachi
Commissive Language
Rhythm and rhyme
(Hebrew has no Rhyme)
Main feature parallelism
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Synonymous Parallelism

Sub: Incomplete Parallelism

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Second line expresses a thought that is similar to the first with little or no added meaning

One element of the synonymous line is omitted from the second line

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Antithetical Parallelism

Sub: Chiastic Parallelism

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The second line contrasts with the first

Two lines are contrasted with two others through the use of a chiasm

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Synthetic Parallelism

Sub: Climactic Parallelism

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The second line adds ideas to the first line; there is development of thought from the first line to the second

The lines build to a climax

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Proverbs

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Subtype of wisdom literature
(OT Job, Prov, and Ecc)
1. Short
2. Pithy (forceful/brief)
3. Often Metaphorical
4. General Truths
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Four characteristics of wisdom literature

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  1. Practical Orientation
  2. Dependence on God
  3. Indirect Authority
  4. Creation Theology
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Unit Proverb

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short, pithy sayings (distinct from context)

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Cluster Proverb

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Aggregate of unit proverbs that come together to form extended wisdom discourses

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The Nature of prophetic ministry

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  1. Divine call of a prophet
  2. Role of a prophet (call back to covenant)
  3. The marks of a false prophet
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The Nature of the prophetic message

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a. Reception of the message
(dreams or revelation)

b. Forms of the message
(judgement, woe, symbolic, legal, disputation, poetry, wisdom, apocalyptic)

c. Forthtelling more than foretelling
(Forthtelling the word of God, foretelling/predicting the future)

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Interpreting Prophecy

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  1. Judgement prophecies always assume repentance prevents judgement
  2. Prophecy used figurative language
  3. Prophecy is mainly forthtelling, not foretelling
  4. Don’t look for a sensus plenoir unless other scriptures guide you to do so
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Six categories of figures of speech

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  1. Figures of comparison
  2. Figures of addition or fullness of expression
  3. Incomplete figures of speech
  4. Figures involving contrast of understatement
  5. Figures centering upon association or relation
  6. Figures Stressing Personal Dimension
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Parables

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Idea of comparison
(NT, w/Kingdom Truths)
1. Picture part (fiction)
2. Reality Part (historical)

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Osborne’s 10 characteristics of Gospel parables

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  1. Earthiness
  2. Conciseness
  3. Major and minor points
  4. Repetition
  5. Conclusion at the end
  6. Listener-relatedness
  7. reversal of expectation
  8. Kindom-centered escha.
  9. Kingdom Ethics
  10. God and Salvation
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Principles for interpreting parables

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  1. Look for the main point
  2. Seek to understand Jesus’ meaning
  3. Seek to understand the Evangelist’s meaning
  4. Seek the implications and significance of the parable
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Guidelines for arriving at the main point of parables

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  1. Who are the main characters?
  2. What occurs at the End? (Rule of end stress)
  3. What occurs in direct discourse?
  4. Who or what gets the most space?
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Biblical narrative

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Def: account of events

telling a story

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Principles for interpreting biblical narrative

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  1. Context
  2. Authorial Comments
  3. Repetition
  4. Authoritative Speakers
  5. Dialogue or Direct Discourse
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Form of NT Epistles

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  1. Private Letter (Bib)
  2. Public Epistle
  3. The Treatise (Bib)
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Structure of the NT Epistle

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  1. Salutation
  2. Thanksgiving/Prayer
  3. Body
  4. Exhortation & instruction
  5. Conclusion
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Authorship of NT Epistles

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  1. The presence of a scribe or amanuensis

2. The question of pseudonymity

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Principles for interpreting NT Epistles

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  1. Study the logical development of argument
  2. Study the situation behind the statement
  3. Note the different subgenres employed in the Epistles
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Steps of Word Study

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  1. Identify a word
  2. Identify original G/H term
  3. Identify range of G/H term meaning
  4. Identify the range of G/H term meaning in the wider writings of the biblical author
  5. identify range of meaning of the term in particular book
  6. Identify the specific meaning in the text

Hermeneutics (4 decks)

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