BI 321 Midterm Bibliology/Theology Taylor

Inspiration

God breathed

Plenary inspiration

historic orthodox view literally all the words were breathed out by God

verbal inspiration

all the words were breathed out by God

scripture

the writings

dictation

God's giving of the words that the writers wrote down

inerrancy

being without error

mechanical dictation

FALSE VIEW. a straw man argument that the writers became robots or zombie-like

Natural Inspiration

FALSE VIEW. Says inspiration is merely heightened creativity

partial inspiration

FALSE VIEW. says some is inspired some is not inspired

Conceptual inspiration

FALSE VIEW. says God inspired thoughts; men wrote in their own words

experiential inspiration

FALSE VIEW. says the Bible becomes the word of God when it is meaningful or speaks to the reader

superintendence

FALSE VIEW. says God merely supervises the writers of the Bible allowing them to write down what they experienced wheat they thought and what they did as long as no error or mistakes crept in

Canon

rule or standard, sacred writings accepted by the church as the authoritative rule of faith and practices

canonicity

the study of which books are to be included in the holy scriptures

canonization

the process of recognition of canonical books

canonical

recognized as part of the canon of scripture

infallibility

incorruptibility of the word of God in its transmission through the generations

autograph

original document of given book

Apograph

copy of an original document

manuscript

a complete handwritten copy of work such as a book or selection

fragment

a small scrap sometimes containing only few verses

codex

a collection of manuscripts into a large volume

Lectionary

a printed church worship manual that contained routed huge amounts of scripture

AD 64

Peter recognizes Pauls writing as scripture

AD 90

the NT canon is competed with the book of the revelation

AD 170

moratorian canon the oldest known fragment listing NT books

AD 175

Erenaous list of undisputed books included 80% of the NT

AD 220

origen argues to add hebrews and Jude to irenaeus list implying its common acceptance

AD 340

athanasius lists only our present 27 NT books as canonical

AD 397

council of Carthage final recognition of all 27 books being canon

AD 1516

Erasmus published first greek New Testament in single volume

Translate

to lift or carry across

formal equivalency

translation philosophy where the words from the greek and hebrews are rendered as closely to word for word as possible into the English without changing the meaning intended by the original language

dynamic equivalency

thought for thought translation philosophy

masoretic text

the OT Hebrew text meticulously copied and preserved by jewish scribes called maseretes

critical texts

collation of primarily two greek manuscripts called Sinaiticus and Vaticanus

sinaiticus

a discarded 4th-century codex found in a wastepaper bin in a monastery on Mt Sinai

Vaticanus

a codex of questionable origin discovered but he roman church when called into question on some of their beliefs

Masoretes

jewish sect credited with copying OT hebrews text

received text

common term refers to NT greek text received by Gods people

textus receptus

latin for the received text, greek NT received by God's people

Joshua 1:8 B

studying and meditating on the word of God is crucial to fulfilling God's will

Matthew 5:17-18 B

God has promised to preserve His Word

Psalm 119:89 B

God's Word is timeless and permanent

Isaiah 40:8 B

The word of God will stand forever

2 Timothy 3:16-17 B

the words of the Bible are inspire by God and sufficient for all mans needs

2 Peter 1:20-21 B

the Bible is ulitmately authored by the Holy Spirit

Hebrews 4:12 B

God's Word is living and active

Deuteronomy 6:4 T

God is unity

1 Chronicles 29:11-13 T

all creation come from God and exists for His Glory

Psalm 14:1 T

acknowledgment of the existence of God is intuitive and reasonable

Psalm 90:2 T

God is eternal

Psalm 139:1-6 T

God is omniscient

Isaiah 43:10-11 T

there is only one God

Romans 10:17 T

Special revelation is necessary for salvation

1 John 5:7 T

God is three persons

John 4:24 T

God is a spirit

General revelation

God's revelation of Himself in history nature and conscience

Special revelation

God's revelation of himself to specific people at specific times and places

conscience

man's inherent sense of right and wrong

AASN

Apologetic Arguments from Science and Nature

AAPR

Apologetic Arguments from Philosophy and Reason

Theophany

a physical manifestation of God in the Old Testament

Christophany

A human manifestation of Christ in the Old Testament

Anthropomorphism

An attributing human features to God as a way of understanding Him

trinity

A description of God as one Being but existing in three persons

Natural/Non- Moral Attributes of God

Eternal, Immutability, Omnipotent, Omnipresent, Omniscient, Infinite, Transcendent, and immanent

Eternal

God has no beginning and no ending

immutability

God is absolutely consistent and unchangeable

Omnipotent

God can do all He wills to do

Omnipresent

God is everywhere He wills to be

Omniscient

God knows all he wills to know

Infinite

God is unlimited in all things

Transcendent

God is separate from and above His creation

Communicable (Moral) Attributes of God

Holy, Just, righteous, True, Love, Merciful, Gracious, Goodness, Sovereignty,

Holy

God possesses perfect and total purity as well as well as perfect and total separation form sin

Just

God's response to sin is always right

righteous

God's actions are always right

true

God cannot lie or tolerate untruth

love

God has self sacrificial concern for the welfare of others

merciful

God acts with compassion not giving people punishment they deserve

Gracious

God acts with compassion not giving people punishment they deserve

Goodness

God deals bountifully with all men

Sovereignty

God has the right to do as He pleases with what belongs to Him

God

Elohim

Most High

El Elyon

Almighty God

El Shaddai

Lord

Master Lord

LORD

Yahweh (Jehova )