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| 1) What are the two key aspects to the nature of the Bible? |
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Definition
a. Revelation defined
b. Covenant literature |
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Definition
| a. God’s disclosure of himself and his will in a way understandable to us. Because it comes from God, it has authority; it is “canon.” |
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| a. God’s disclosure of himself and his will in a way understandable to us. Because it comes from God, it has authority; it is “canon.” |
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Definition
a. Creation Genesis 1-2,9
b. Abraham Gen 12, 15, 17
c. Israel Exodus 19-20
d. David 2 Sam 7 |
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4) Define covenant, and know what each of the four main terms mean.
a. Covenant |
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Definition
i. An elected relationship of obligation established under divine sanction.
1. Elected
a. It is not a biological relationship, he is the one who provides the option and we are the ones who need to respond.
2. Relationship
a. It’s a relationship
3. Obligation
a. Both parties have responsibility
i. Provide and protect!
b. Loyalty
4. Divine sanction
a. Frame work under God working as a framework of the covenant
b. Witnesses of the covenant and blessing and curse that come with it |
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| 5) How many books are in the OT? How many in the NT? Know their order in the English Bible! |
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Definition
| a. 39 books in the old and 27 in the new testament |
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| 6) What does your professor argue was the first part of the Bible ever written as Bible? |
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Definition
| 1. Ten commandments! Exodus 20 |
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| 7) What is the “key principle of biblical interpretation”? |
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Definition
| a. Think like an Israelite! |
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