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Unit 1
The 475 Hermeneutics
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Bible Studies
Undergraduate 1
12/05/2017

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eternal relevance
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speaks to all humankind, in every age and in every culture
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historical particularity
Definition
conditioned by the language, time, and culture in which document was originally written
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exegesis
Definition
careful, systematic study of the Scripture to discover the original, intended meaning
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content
Definition
the meanings of words, their grammatical relationships in sentences, and the choice of the original text
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contemporary relevance
Definition
what the text says to the current culture
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variants
Definition
manuscripts that differ
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textual criticism
Definition
the science that attempts to discover the original texts of ancient documents
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receptor language
Definition
the language that one is translating into
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formal equivalence
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the attempt to keep as close to the "form" of the Hebrew or Greek, both words and grammar, as can be conveniently put into understandable English
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functional equivalence
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the attempt to keep the meaning of the Hebrew or Greek but to put their words and idioms into what would be the normal way of saying the same thing in English
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free translation
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the attempt to translate the ideas from one language to another, with less concern about using the exact words of the original; sometimes called a paraphrase
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hermeneutics
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study of meaning of original text as it relates to the present
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genre
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a class or category of artistic work having a particular form, such as law

 
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didactic
Definition
teaching or intended to teach a moral lesson
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