Worldview, Scripture, and Biblical Canon: Key Concepts for Religious Studies

Worldview

lens, frame, commitment, orientation of the heart

Bible

66 books

Old Testament

39 books

Pentateuch

1st five books of Old Testament

New Testament

27 books

Septuagint (LXX)

Greek

Bringer of Salvation

Jesus

Way of Salvation

God's grace

Redemption

Jesus Christ

Heirs of Salvation

Us (church)

Natural Revelation

God has revealed something of himself to ALL people in the word, yet the world rejected him

Creation

Ps. 19:1 - 'The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.'

God's word

Jesus Christ's word

Specific Revelation

Our unrighteousness shows the righteousness of God

Verbal Inspiration

God-breathed

Canon of Scripture

66 books, protestant

Inerrancy

without error/cancellation

Infallibility

inability to be wrong

Autographs of Scripture

Original text (they don't exist)

Textual Criticism

discipline by which we pursue original copies

Dead Sea Scrolls

collection of ancient manuscripts found near the Dead Sea (3rd century BCE to 1st Century CE)

Masoretic Text

Hebrew Old Testament

Martin Luther

16th century German priest/theologian

Rationalism

belief or theory that opinions & actions should be based on reason & knowledge rather than a religious belief or emotional response

Westminster Confession

outlines core Christian doctrines

Apocrypha

collection of biblical writings that are not included in the accepted cannon of scripture

Name 7 of the Competing Worldviews discussed in class

secularism

post-modernism

deism

determinism

nihilism

naturalism

relativism