NBST 610 Quiz 1

NBST 610 Quiz 1

NBST 610 Quiz: Introduction and Tools for Hermeneutics

Modules 1 – 2: Weeks 1 – 2

1. The methodologies of the “new criticism” or “formalism” focused primarily on a coherent interpretation of the text in its entirety apart from any historical background information.
2. The main strength of the more radical reader-response approaches lies in its objectivity.
3. Although all readers are influenced to some degree by presuppositions and preunderstandings, an objective interpretative process is still possible.
4. The unbelieving scholar can understand and portray the true significance of the Bible’s message as well as the believing scholar.
5. There is a river of issues like culture, context, and covenant between the meaning of the Bible for the first century person and the 21st century person.
6. Theological principles are always culturally bound.
7. One problem in interpreting the Old Testament comes from the change in covenant between the Old and New Testaments.
8. List and briefly describe the three reasons for the practice of proper hermeneutics according to Klein et al.
9. Match the following expressions of Judaism with the appropriate term describing the interpretative approach of that group. Hellenistic Judaism Qumranic Judaism Rabbinic Judaism
10. Hermeneutics is the task of explaining the hidden meanings found in the deep structures of Scripture.
11. According to Klein et al., all that matters for interpretation is the text and the original author/recipients. The modern interpreter is not important at all.
12. Which of the following church fathers was influenced by Philo and held that Scripture has a twofold meaning–a literal (body) meaning and a spiritual (soul) meaning?
13. Which of the following apostolic methods of interpretation is best defined as interpreting a text by applying its underlying principle to a situation different from, but comparable to, the one in the original context?
14. Which of the following is rooted in Platonic philosophy and seeks to find a text’s true meaning by looking behind the actual meaning of the words of the text?
15. Allegorical interpretation was definitely NOT the most popular approach to the Old Testament among the early Church Fathers.
16. The period around the time of the Reformation witnessed a renewed interest in studying the Bible in its original languages.
17. The rise of rationalism after the Reformation led to a study of the Bible that ultimately reinforced the authority of Scripture and the Church.
18. Which of the following is described by Klein et al. as an approach that contemporizes a prophecy or that may lead to an atomization approach to the text?
19. According to Klein et al., the interpretative approach of intertextuality studies the interrelationship between Scripture how it uses other sacred texts from other religions.
20. In Clement of Alexandria’s view, the literal sense of a passage is the primary and most accurate meaning of that passage.

Other sets

1. The main strength of the more radical reader-response approaches lies in its objectivity.
2. Reader response criticism focuses primarily not on the authors’ intentions or the fixed meaning of texts but on the diverse ways readers respond to a text.
3. The unbelieving scholar can understand and portray the true significance of the Bible’s message as well as the believing scholar.
4. Preunderstandings are preconceived notions or assumptions which a person brings to the text, which have been formulated before the actual study of the text.
5. One problem in interpreting the Old Testament comes from the change in covenant between the Old and New Testaments.
6. A theological principle only applies to certain people in certain ages.
7. The differences between the biblical audience and us hinder us from determining the meaning of the text.
8. List and briefly describe the three reasons for the practice of proper hermeneutics according to Klein et al.
9. Using Origen’s approach as your guide, match the following aspects of an allegorical interpretation of Scripture with their proper definitions.
10. Hermeneutics is the task of explaining the hidden meanings found in the deep structures of Scripture.
11. A connotation refers to a word’s emotional overtones—the positive or negative associations it conjures up beyond what the word strictly means.
12. Which of the following is described by Klein et al. as an approach that contemporizes a prophecy or that may lead to an atomization approach to the text?
13. The rise of rationalism after the Reformation led to a study of the Bible that ultimately reinforced the authority of Scripture and the Church.
14. Which of the following apostolic methods of interpretation is best defined as interpreting a text by applying its underlying principle to a situation different from, but comparable to, the one in the original context?
15. Which of the following best defines the word “type”?
16. Which of the following church fathers advocated an allegorical interpretation of Scripture that called for a threefold meaning to passages?
17. Which of the following critical methods is best described as an attempt to trace the materials (oral or written texts) that underlies a text or passage?
18. During the Patristic Period, the Old Testament was regarded as the primary authoritative collection of Scriptures.
19. Which of the following apostolic methods of interpretation is best defined as interpreting a text by looking for events, objects, or ideas in the Old Testament that anticipate God’s activity later in history?
20. Allegorical interpretation was definitely NOT the most popular approach to the Old Testament among the early Church Fathers.