NoahMan with whom God made a covenant, in which He promised enduring stability of nature and in which man was to oppose corruption. |
ObjectivismApproach to knowledge that believes it is possible to arrive at impartial knowledge |
OrganicView 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 |
OrigenOne of the most famous early Christian teachers who was heavily influenced by the allegorical method of interpretation of Scripture, and who lived from 185 to 254 A.D. He divided the meaning of Scripture in two categories: literal and spiritual. |
Original MeaningPhrase used in this course to mean the concepts, behaviors, and emotions that the divine and human writers jointly intended a biblical document to communicate to its first audience. |
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. |