Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 1:45 PM
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Course: He Gave Us Scripture: Foundations of Interpretation (eHGB)
Glossary: Glossary for Lessons 1-4
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.

B

Bacon

The "father of modern science"

D

Descartes

The "father of modern rationalism"

Dialogical

Approach to interpreting Scripture that involves a type of conversation between the reader and the text, coming to understand it better and better

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

Hume

Scottish skeptic philosopher who believed that our emotions, desires and mental categories always influence our thinking