Glossary for Lessons 1-11


Special terms used in lessons 1-11

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Abraham

Man 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.


Accommodation

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


Adam

Man with whom God made the covenant of foundations, in which man was to fill and subdue the earth.


Allegorical

Approach to interpreting Scripture that interprets people, places, things and events as if they were symbols or metaphors for spiritual truths.


Anthropomorphism

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


Application

In 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.