Theology

One of the three ways of interpertating scriptures is to

is to note the context and unity of the whole scripture it miust be remerbed that jesus is the center and heart of the sacred scripure and that the old testament prefigures and illuminates the new testament

the second scripture must be within the

within the living tradition of the whole church christ left the authority to interpret the sacred scripture with the magisterium who helps us understand the meaning of gods word and how it applys to our daily life

Third we must pay attention to the

the analogy of faith which is unity of the truths of the faith amoung themsleves and within the whole plan of revelation this means the truths reveled are in harmoney with all of gods revelations including the teachings of the magisterium

Paying attention to the

the context of scripture is vitally important to scriptural interpretation the first step involves indentifying the literary genre used by the author which is a type of writting that has a particular style content

what is biblical exegsis

Exegesis is the process used by scholars to discover the meaning of biblical text

Magisterium

The official teaching authority of the church.

St.Jerome

A message that critized him for his devotion to his secular learning for being a “follower of ciero and not of christ” It took st jerome 23 years to complete his translation and commentary on the bible

Old testament

Old testament-46 books-hebrew language.

New testament

New testament-27 books-Greek language

Vulgate-5th c

Transalted Hebrew and Greek into latin- language of the people called vulgate-5th c

Allegory

Extended comparison of moral qualties

Parable

Vivid story told to convey religious truth

Hyperbole

Exaggerated saying

Genealogy

A record of ones ancestors

law

A standard of behavior

goal of source critism

Helps discover when a biblical author got material