NBST 610 Quiz 1
NBST 610 Quiz: Introduction and Tools for Hermeneutics
Modules 1 – 2: Weeks 1 – 2
- 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.
- The main strength of the more radical reader-response approaches lies in its objectivity.
- Although all readers are influenced to some degree by presuppositions and preunderstandings, an objective interpretative process is still possible.
- The unbelieving scholar can understand and portray the true significance of the Bible’s message as well as the believing scholar.
- 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.
- Theological principles are always culturally bound.
- One problem in interpreting the Old Testament comes from the change in covenant between the Old and New Testaments.
- List and briefly describe the three reasons for the practice of proper hermeneutics according to Klein et al.
- Match the following expressions of Judaism with the appropriate term describing the interpretative approach of that group. Hellenistic Judaism Qumranic Judaism Rabbinic Judaism
- Hermeneutics is the task of explaining the hidden meanings found in the deep structures of Scripture.
- 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.
- 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?
- 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?
- 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?
- Allegorical interpretation was definitely NOT the most popular approach to the Old Testament among the early Church Fathers.
- The period around the time of the Reformation witnessed a renewed interest in studying the Bible in its original languages.
- The rise of rationalism after the Reformation led to a study of the Bible that ultimately reinforced the authority of Scripture and the Church.
- 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?
- According to Klein et al., the interpretative approach of intertextuality studies the interrelationship between Scripture how it uses other sacred texts from other religions.
- In Clement of Alexandria’s view, the literal sense of a passage is the primary and most accurate meaning of that passage.
Other sets
- The main strength of the more radical reader-response approaches lies in its objectivity.
- 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.
- The unbelieving scholar can understand and portray the true significance of the Bible’s message as well as the believing scholar.
- Preunderstandings are preconceived notions or assumptions which a person brings to the text, which have been formulated before the actual study of the text.
- One problem in interpreting the Old Testament comes from the change in covenant between the Old and New Testaments.
- A theological principle only applies to certain people in certain ages.
- The differences between the biblical audience and us hinder us from determining the meaning of the text.
- List and briefly describe the three reasons for the practice of proper hermeneutics according to Klein et al.
- Using Origen’s approach as your guide, match the following aspects of an allegorical interpretation of Scripture with their proper definitions.
- Hermeneutics is the task of explaining the hidden meanings found in the deep structures of Scripture.
- A connotation refers to a word’s emotional overtones—the positive or negative associations it conjures up beyond what the word strictly means.
- 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?
- The rise of rationalism after the Reformation led to a study of the Bible that ultimately reinforced the authority of Scripture and the Church.
- 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?
- Which of the following best defines the word “type”?
- Which of the following church fathers advocated an allegorical interpretation of Scripture that called for a threefold meaning to passages?
- 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?
- During the Patristic Period, the Old Testament was regarded as the primary authoritative collection of Scriptures.
- 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?
- Allegorical interpretation was definitely NOT the most popular approach to the Old Testament among the early Church Fathers.