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Man with whom God made a covenant, in which He promised enduring stability of nature and in which man was to oppose corruption.

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.

Phrase 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.

Writer from Alexandria who is considered to be the originator of the allegorical approach to interpreting Scripture

In 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.

View of inspiration that believes that Scripture isn’t God’s infallible truth, but only the personal reflections and opinions of the human authors

The 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.

In 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.