PhiloWriter from Alexandria who is considered to be the originator of the allegorical approach to interpreting Scripture |
QuadrigaIn early roman society it was a chariot drawn by four horses. In hermeneutics, it referred to an interpretive approach that considered a passage of Scripture to have four distinct meanings. |
RomanticView of inspiration that believes that Scripture isn’t God’s infallible truth, but only the personal reflections and opinions of the human authors |
Sensus LiteralisThe theologians of the Middle Ages in Europe used this term to speak of the original meaning of Scripture. Thomas Aquinas made a distinction between this and the "allegorical" sense. |
SpiralIn hermeneutics, this term is used to explain how we can progressively gain a better understanding of Scripture as we continue to dialog with the text. |
StructuralismSchool of thought whose proponents tried to use rational and scientific objectivity to obtain an exhaustive understanding of everything they studied. |
SubjectivismApproach to knowledge that believes that knowledge is always influenced by personal biases, making impartial objectivity impossible |