If we can understand the world of the Bible from the perspective of biblical authors, we can learn a divinely inspired perspective.
Hamilton suggests that we do not need to think about literature as we think about interpreting the Bible.
We must begin biblical theology with Christ and not with the Old Testament.
Studying the Bible is not the best way to do biblical theology.
Christian theism treats the matter of sin seriously.
Which of the following is NOT one of the problems that Goldsworthy lists as that Christians meet when they read the Old Testament?
The Bible’s narrative arc begins with the birth of Christ.
The biblical authors were inspired by the Holy Spirit which gave them a level of certainty about their interpretive conclusions that we cannot have about ours.
Goldsworthy suggests that the differences in denominational beliefs are going to be solved by biblical theology.
Doing theology correctly has nothing to do with being saved.
Presuppositions assumptions are we make in order to hold some fact to be true.
One of the primary biblical aims of biblical theology is to understand and embrace the worldview of the biblical authors.
Every Christian by definition knows God, thinks about God and makes statements about God.
Biblical Theology examines the development of the biblical story from the Old Testament to the New Testament.
Theistic humanists believe that a god exists and can be known.
The last stage of Exegetical Theology is biblical theology.
The biblical authors who followed Moses in the Old Testament, learned the interpretive perspective that Moses modeled for them.
Which of the following is NOT one of the distinct operations of exegesis?
Secular humanism assumes that we as human beings are in control of the whole process of gaining knowledge.
Studying the Bible is the best way to learn from the bible how to read the Bible as a Christian should.
Pastoral Theology looks for principles which are to be drawn from our knowledge of God and which may be applied validly to various candidates for pastoral care.
The following is a definition of which term? The process of getting out of a text what it actually says in its original setting.
The meaning of the Bible is not settled purely on the basis of our understanding of its inspiration and authority.
To do biblical theology is to think about the whole story of the Bible.
Historical theology in not interested in the struggles that have taken place in the attempt to establish true theology.