Revelation Unit 2 Review

Divine Inspiration

Holy Spirit's guidance upon human authors to bring about the Word of God in Sacred Scripture

Biblical Inerrancy

The belief that what God intends to reveal to us in the Bible is without error.

Canon

The collection of books that "measure up" and are accepted as Scripture.

Deuterocanon

Books considered canonical by Catholics but not Protestants.

Exegesis

Interpretation of biblical texts that is "led out" by what God intends to say

Eisegesis

Interpreting text based on personal biases, or what we want the Bible to say.

Imago Dei

Humanity created in God's image and likeness.

Original Sin

The state of human nature inherited from Adam's participation in the first sin.

Protoevangelion

The first announcement of the Gospel of Jesus in Genesis 3:15.

Senses of Scripture

Scripture Interpretation taking literal and spiritual (moral, allegorical, anagogical) meaning into account.

Ex Nihilo

Creation 'out of nothing' by God.

The Fall

Term for humanity's going from the created state called original goodness down into original sin

Cosmic Temple

God creates, orders, and inhabits the entire cosmos to be his dwelling place

Good/Very Good

Adjective God used to describe his creation

Primeval history

The genre represented in Genesis 1-11 that serves as the backstory (creation and fall of humanity) for the salvation history told in the Bible

Type/Typology

Something or someone in the Bible that Prefigures or Foreshadows something or someone later

Analogy of Faith

The Bible is consistent in what it teaches, or "Scripture interprets Scripture."

Divine Intent

The meaning God intends to reveal to us in a biblical passage

Hebrew

Primary language of the Old Testament writers

Greek

Primary language of the New Testament writers

46

Number of books in the Old Testament

27

Number of books in the New Testament

73

Number of books in the whole Bible

Literary Form

A technical term in biblical studies that simple means "genre"

Literal

This sense of Scripture refers to the actual direct meaning of a passage

Spiritual

This sense of Scripture refers to the deeper meaning of a passage

Moral Sense

The deeper meaning in this sort of Spiritual Sense teaches us something about right or wrong and living justly.

Allegorical Sense

The deeper meaning in this sort of Spiritual Sense points ahead toward the person and work of Jesus Christ

Analogical Sense

The deeper meaning in this sort of Spiritual Sense points to eternal realities, like Heaven or Hell.

Covenant

Sacred vow or promise between two or more parties, creating a family bond.

Tower of Babel

Genesis 11; the monument mankind tried to build to his own greatness — led to the confusion of languages of its builders

Cain and Abel

The sons of Adam and Eve; one killed the other out of envy

Covenant with Noah

God will not totally wipe out humanity again, a promise signified by God's "bow" in the sky.

Covenant of Creation

God creates a Cosmic Temple and invites humanity (Adam and Eve) to dwell within him there.

40

Number of days it rained in the flood account of Noah and the Ark.

Noah

Was the lone righteous man in the world, who was told to build an Ark for the coming flood, and is seen as a New Adam