Week 12: 81-90 Flashcards
Semitic Concept of Miracle
“sign” (HB ‘ot; GK semeion) and “wonder or omen” (HB mophet; GK teras) denote a symbolic act or an occurrence which gives some visible evidence of the presence and purpose of God; thus the “signs and wonders” are events which signify the redemptive activity of God on behalf of his people. This does not necessarily imply an interruption of the natural order of cause and effect.
Sensus Plenior
the deeper meaning intended by God but not clearly intended by the human author, that is seen to exist in the words of scripture when they are studied in the light of further revelation or of a development in the understanding of revelation
Septuagint
LXX; the most common of the GK translations of the Hebrew Bible, traditionally attributed to the work of 70 (72?) Jewish scholars at Alexandria, Egypt during the third-second c BC, which includes both protocanonical and deuterocanonical books, as well as some others; the LXX was later adopted by early Christians as their own Old Testament, and the full Septuagint is still used today by the Orthodox churches.
Source Criticism
the study that attempts to isolate the written and oral sources of a literary composition, to determine the meaning contained in the source(s) and how the author of that literary composition used the source(s) in their work
Synagogue
from GK “to bring together”; a meeting house where Jewish believers, beginning sometime in the post-exilic period, gathered for prayer, devout reading of the scriptures, meditation, and instruction on the Torah.
Synchronic Method
an approach to a text according to which the text’s meaning is to be understood on the basis of its present form with attention to its structural and morphological traits
Synoptic Problem
how to explain the fact that the three gospels (Mt, Mk, & Lk) manifest both extensive differences and at the same time very close similarities in basic order, common sequential series, numerous common features, and selection of materials.
Talmud
from HB “to study”: the term designates the authoritative collection of laws, regulations, religious practices, and related materials passed down by the Pharisees and other respected teachers; it includes two sections: the Mishnah, an authoritative collection of oral scribal traditions prior to 200 AD and the Gemara, additional rabbinic exposition and commentary on the Mishnah, 250-420 AD. These oral traditions were written down in what is called the Palestinian or Jerusalem Talmud (fourth century) and a longer and more authoritative Babylonian version (fifth century).
Tanak
The Hebrew acronym for the Hebrew Bible, derived from the names of its three divisions: Torah (Pentateuch), Nebi’im (prophets), and Ketubim (writings)
Targum
from Aramaic “translation”; the Aramaic versions of the Hebrew Bible, often with interpretive commentary
