AbrahamMan with whom God made a covenant, in which He chose his family to lead humanity into conflict with Satan and his followers, and through whom He began the nation of Israel. |
AccommodationWhen speaking of divine revelation, it means that God designed the message to be understood by the original audience in their own context. |
AdamMan with whom God made the covenant of foundations, in which man was to fill and subdue the earth. |
AllegoricalApproach to interpreting Scripture that interprets people, places, things and events as if they were symbols or metaphors for spiritual truths. |
AnthropomorphismIt refers to the way God sometimes speaks or behaves in ways that seem almost human. |
ApplicationIn hermeneutics it refers to appropriately connecting the original meaning of a biblical document to contemporary audiences in ways that impact their concepts, behaviors and emotions. |
BaconThe "father of modern science" |
DavidMan with whom God made a covenant, promising that his family would be the permanent royal dynasty, ruling over God's people and leading them into further conflict with the nations that served Satan. |
DescartesThe "father of modern rationalism" |
DialogicalApproach to interpreting Scripture that involves a type of conversation between the reader and the text, coming to understand it better and better |