Glossary for Lessons 1-3


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A

Accommodation

When speaking of divine revelation, it means that God designed the message to be understood by the original audience in their own context.


Anthropomorphism

It refers to the way God sometimes speaks or behaves in ways that seem almost human.


E

Exegesis

Theological term for the process of analyzing a Bible passage. It means literally to "lead out" the meaning.


G

Gutenberg

He invented the printing press in the 15th century.


H

Hermeneutics

The study of how to interpret the meaning and significance of Scripture


Hexapla

A work (now lost) of over 50 volumes written by Origen of Alexandria, in which he made a word-by-word comparison of various Hebrew and Greek versions of the Old Testament


I

Illumination

The Holy Spirit’s work of conveying a proper understanding of Scripture to a human being


Inspiration

Theological term used to refer to the way in which the Holy Spirit moved human beings to write God’s revelation as Scripture and superintended their work in a way that made their writings infallible


M

Mechanical

View of inspiration that believes that the Holy Spirit essentially dictated the Bible and that the human writers passively recorded what He said


O

Organic

View of inspiration that believes that the Holy Spirit used the personalities, experiences, outlooks, and intentions of human authors as he supervised and directed their writing



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