Bible Case
Essay by Paul • July 14, 2011 • Study Guide • 1,399 Words (6 Pages) • 1,604 Views
Bible
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exegesis- trying the text to read out to you its intent
Eisegesis- reading into the text the meaning you want it to have
Historie- that which can be validated, modern concept
Geshicte- significance of history
the earliest gospel written c.65 AD
period of enlightenment, trying to recapture height of human culture
protestant reformation- essence of the early faith
synoptic gospels- Matthew Mark Luke and John
in order to get as near as possible to the original text
original autograph- the first of a text, no original autograph for any book of the Bible
Krino- greek to judge, the way it was produced, how was it preserved, how was it transmitted
Torah- genesis through deuteronomy, made up of four primary sources;
J- Yahwist 950 BC
E- Elohist 850-750 BC
D- Deuteronomy unknown date
P- Priestly
Adonai- Jewish meaning my lord, so they do not say the sacred name
70 CE Rome destroyed the temple in jerusalem
6 and 7th Centuries CE Massoretes, this point jewish diaspora; took the entire Hebrew Bible put the vowels in the text (point the Text), Did not know how to say Yahweh, pronounced it as Jehovah, brought vowels of adonai and consonants
Redactor brought plagues together, no more than seven in any book, brought together to make 10
Tradition criticism- Gen 22 E 850-750; Abraham- 1750 BC sacrifice son; E writer put this in to discourage human sacrifice
Archetypal Criticism- idea of a people in movement confront a body of water, written in response to events
Narrative Criticism- ask what are the structures of the texts
Canonical Criticism- newer way to look at text
authorship is not the issue it is the message
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Psalms of lament- never clarify what they are experiencing
christian thought creedal oriented, affected by Greek thought pattern very analytical
Hebrew concrete and practical
literary forms
prophets most of the writing happens after the prophets death
ancient patriotic poetry
patriarchal focus of biblical text
Ladder that stretches from heaven to earth Beth-El (God's house) prescientific way of deriving origins ideology
Miracle is a Greek idea, laws of nature but something happens that changes laws of nature is a miracle
Jewish everything is an expression of god, Mighty Acts, does not have to be "miracle" e.g. storm that comes at a convenient moment
Nature of cosmos in Hebrew conception, relation to chaos
try to understand biblical mindset, de-mythologize and re-mythologize to current mindset
Theophony- appearing manifestation of god
Pronouncement story where a setting is expressed and leads to pronouncement
Healing stories
Allegories
Transfigurations
Pericope- an independent unit of tradition
the righteous individual and nature
strophe- a verse of poetry, similar to paragraph in prose
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Ugarit
Ras Shamrah
Monolatry- worship of one god while recognizing the existence of other gods
Suzerainty- a deed already done for a lesser party, deliverance from Egypt
Northern Kingdom of Israel fell to Assyrians Judah continued on then conquered by Babylon
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none of the new testament was written as sacred scripture became so later by later christians
many jews left judah rather than live in own country under a foreign ruler
writing of septuagint was to make torah available to greek speaking jews
st jerome wrote the vulgate the latin translation
is 7:14
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Babylonian exile important literary
collection of Torah
priests from exile brought back P and J creation stories
D material
621 Josiah king of the south the Deuternomic reformation
sends workmen into the temple at Jerusalem to repair
absolute worship of Yahweh no other gods
should be centered in Jerusalem
worship began to be tainted with Baalism moving towards Yah-Baal
take scroll of D into exile incorporated into JE
Priestly writers final ones to canonize torah
Book of Leviticus priestly writing
by end of exile torah completes
539 control of Babylon taken over by Persia
issues decree to return
Jewish Samaritan schism
people
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