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59 Cards in this Set
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Application
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The way meaning applies to the reader, i.e., significance; or implications that stem from the pattern of meaning.
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Author
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The actual writer who penned the work being interpreted
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Context
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The author's willed meaning of the passages surrounding the text.
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Conviction
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That work of Holy Spirit that brings assurance of the truthfulness of the meaning to the Bible.
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Enlightenment
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In biblical studies that period in history (primarily nineteenth century) when the miracles of the Bible began to be doubted and denied.
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Exegesis
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The process of understanding and interpreting a text.
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Generic Expectation
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The interpreting of a text, based upon a conclusion as to its literary form, using the rules governing that literary form.
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Implications
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Those meanings in a text of which the author was unaware but which nevertheless legitimately fall with in the pattern (or type) of meaning he or she willed.
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Intentional Fallacy
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An objection to seeking the willed meaning of the author because of the belief that a reader can never relive the experiences of the author when he wrote (i.e., his mental acts) or that the author may not be able to express adequately his intended meaning.
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Interpretation
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The verbal or written expression of one's understanding of the text's meaning.
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Illumination
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The special guidance that the Holy Spirit supposedly gives to believers in understanding the meaning of the Bible
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Langue
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a French word that is a synonym for "norms of language"
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literary genre
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The literary for being used by the author and the rules governing that form.
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Meaning
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The pattern of meaning the author willed to convey by the words (shareable symbols) he or she used.
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Mental Acts
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The experiences that the author went through when writing the text.
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Mental Experiences
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A synonyms for mental acts
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Norms of Language
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The possible range of meanings allowed by the words (verbal symbols)
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Norms of Utterance
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The specific meaning that the author has given a word, phrase, sentence, etc. in a text
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Parole
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A French word that is a synonym for "norms of utterance"
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Pattern of meaning
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The conscious willed meaning of the author and all its implications
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Shareability
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The common understanding of the language of the text possessed by both the author and his intended readers.
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Significance
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How a reader responds to the meaning of a text.w
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Subject matter
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The content of "stuff" talked about in a text
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Subtype
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a synonym for "implication"
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Type
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A synonym for "pattern of meaning"
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Unconscious meaning
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a synonym for "implication"
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Hermeneutics
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interpreting the Bible
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Determines the meaning
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The author
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The role of the author
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convey something meaningful to the reader
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"conscious" meaning
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what the author willed the text to mean
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Role of the text
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to convey the meaning the author wants something to mean.
i.e. "Love" |
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Role of the reader
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to seek to understand what the author means in the text
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Precise vocabulary
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helps us obtain a clearer picture of what is involved in the process of interpretation
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Understanding
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the correct mental grasp of the author's meaning
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Biblical Genres
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Poetry
Narratives Parables Letters Prophecy Lament Psalms Laws Hyperbole Idioms Proverbs |
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The role of the Spirit in Inspiration
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The Spirit guides the authors as they write, as they willed to convey their pattern of meaning
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The role of the Spirit in the Formation of the Bible
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the process in which the 66 books chosen that make up the Bible came to be collected and recognized as the Word of God
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Canon
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The collection of Inspired Writing that makes up the Bible
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The role of the Spirit in the Interpretation of the Bible
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The Spirit helps us appreciate the meaning of scriptures
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Referential Language
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pass on information, it seeks to describe
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Commissive language
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evokes decisions, conveys emotions, elicits feelings and arouses emotions, appeals to the "heart"
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Interpret narratives
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intro and conclusion
authorial comments repetition authoritative speakers dialogue or direct discourse |
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Interpret epistles
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salutation
thanksgiving or prayer body exhortation and instruction conclusion |
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Cause
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A is because of B
B is the cause of A for since as a result on account of |
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Result
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B is the result of A
so that that as a result therefore so as to |
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Purpose
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B is the purpose of A
in order that so that that to lest rather |
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Condition
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A is a condition of B
if if...then except unless |
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Concession
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Despite A, B took place
despite even though although though yet apart even if |
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Manner
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A is done in the manner of B
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Covenant
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a contract with God
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Parity covenant
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the relationship involves equals; both parties mutually agree as equals to obey identical stipulations
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Suzerainty covenant
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not among equals; the "lord" unilaterally established the terms and conditions, the "subject" in turn could accept or reject the covenant and conditions
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Suzerainty covenant contains...
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Preamble
Historical Prologue Stipulations Provision for Continual Reading List of Witnesses Blessings and Cursings Oath |
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Casuistic Law
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involves secular or civil manners; if A takes place, then B will be the consequence
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Apodictic Law
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declarative and categorical; consist of prohibitions, commands, and instructions
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Lament Psalm
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Address to God
Lament or description of need Petition or Prayer for help Confession of confidence Vow or confession of praise |
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Psalms of Praise and Thanksgiving
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Introductory praise
Description of what God has done Concluding word or call to praise |
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Psalms of Zion
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centers on Jerusalem and the temple
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Royal Psalms
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messianic hope
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