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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

Scottish skeptic philosopher who believed that our emotions, desires and mental categories always influence our thinking

The Holy Spirit’s work of conveying a proper understanding of Scripture to a human being

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

Philosopher who proposed that all knowledge involves both objective perception and subjective processing through our mental concepts that already exist in our minds

View of inspiration that believes that the Holy Spirit essentially dictated the Bible and that the human writers passively recorded what He said

The smallest unit of meaning in linguistics, a small feature of words that indicates things like singular and plural and verb tenses

Approach to knowledge that believes it is possible to arrive at impartial knowledge

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

One 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.