Preunderstanding - Prior interpretations for understanding
Apologetics - defense of a faith
Lower Criticism - Analysis of the text, transmission, source.
Higher Criticism - The study of the meaning of the text.
Eisegesis - Reading own beliefs into text.
Source Criticism - the analysis and study of the sources used by biblical authors.
Form Criticism - identifying genre of a text
Rhetorical Criticism - Meaning of a text with regards to the whole Bible
dei verbum - Dogmatic constitution of divine revelation.
, Allegorical Sense - Connection of Old Testament to Jesus' life.
moral sense - Interpretation of the text with regards to human morality.
anagogical sense - Connection to matters pertaining to the end of our life or the
world.
literal sense - interpreting the text in a literal way. Viewing certain stories of the
Bible as histories.
Cosmogony - myth that explains the origin of the world
myth - imaginative attempt to explain real truths
Priestly Source - rituals and temple life. Dates back to Babylonian Exile. Systematic
approach to Bible.
Enuma Elish - The Babylonian epic or myth of creation
Etiology - Explaining why things are the way they are
Jahwist Source - Portrays God anthropomorphically. Narrative.
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