The Word Flashcards
Core Story or Narrative of the NEW TESTAMENT
the life, death and resurrection of Jesus
Old Testament
The Hebrew Scriptures
New Testament
The Christian scriptures; the writing about Jesus and the first Christians
The Bible is arranged….
Thematically
Canon of the Bible
When the Church officially declared the 46 books of the Old Testament and the 27 books of the New Testament to form the Bible.
The three factors that the church considered in choosing the Canon was :
1) apostolic origin
2) the importance of the community addressed
3) the centrality of the doctrine contained
Jewish Scriptures
39 Books
Protestant Scriptures
66 Books
Inspiration:
Refers to God working through the authors of Scripture to communicate religious truth. God is really the author of the Bible.
The Bible is the WORD OF GOD IN THE THE WORDS OF HUMAN BEINGS.
Contextual Criticism also means…
Exegesis
Core Story or Narrative of the OLD TESTAMENT
Exodus –> God choosing Moses to lead the Hebrew people out of Egypt
Woman made from man’s rib..
Women and mean are EQUAL and SOCIAL
What does the Genesis story reveal?
Religious Truth
What is a literalist?
Does not accept that the Bible is open to interpretation
Exegesis
does not deal with factual understanding
Myth
When logic and reason cannot explain something
Does the Catholic faith accept evolution?
Yes, it does not insist we reject the theory of evolution
Bible
A collection of book written under God’s inspiration
How many tribes of Israel were there ?
12
What does Acts of the Apostles tell us about?
Tells us about the life of early questions