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Exegesis Theological term for the process of analyzing a Bible passage. It means literally to "lead out" the meaning. |
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Gutenberg He invented the printing press in the 15th century. |
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Hermeneutics The study of how to interpret the meaning and significance of Scripture |
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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 |
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Illumination The Holy Spirit’s work of conveying a proper understanding of Scripture to a human being |
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Inspiration Theological term used to refer to the way in which the Holy Spirit moved human beings to write God’s revelation as Scripture and superintended their work in a way that made their writings infallible |
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Mechanical View of inspiration that believes that the Holy Spirit essentially dictated the Bible and that the human writers passively recorded what He said |
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Organic View 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 |
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Romantic View of inspiration that believes that Scripture isn’t God’s infallible truth, but only the personal reflections and opinions of the human authors |
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