Senses & Criticisms - Unit 2 Quiz Pt. 2

Literal sense

taking the words for what they mean

Spiritual senses are:

• Allegorical

• Moral

• Anagogical

Allegorical sense

takes something (scripture reference) and then points to another

Moral sense

uses heroes/antiheroes as example (man/woman)

Anagogical sense

how events in Scripture point to what we know about heaven (sounds like angel?)

Source criticism

reliabilty of the authors?

identify the original sources, or documents, that biblical authors drew upon to compose their texts

Historical criticism

keeping in mind original historical, cultural, and linguistic context, rather than accepting traditional interpretations at face value

(what’s impacting the author?)

Form criticism

style/ method of presentation

literary devices being used to amplify/or the opp.?

Redaction criticism

What did the author take out? (how did they mold this?)
Author’s perspective and sources

Textual criticism

Translations of texts (losing meaning?)

Anachronisms?