Final Exam

Which theologian wrote the following words? “As I read the words [of 1 Timothy], there came into my soul…a sense of the glory of the Divine Being; a new sense, quite different from any thing I ever experienced before. Never any words of Scripture seemed to me as these words did. I thought within myself, how excellent a Being that was, and how happy I should be, if I might enjoy that God…forever!”

When _______ invented the printing press in the 15th century, it made biblical research more available.

James 4:8 says, “Draw near to God and __________.”

Which of the following statements best describes the situation of how people interpreted the Bible during the time of Thomas Aquinas, before the Renaissance?

2 Peter 3:15 states that Paul wrote his letters with the ______ that God gave him.

Which of the following terms is used to refer to the way in which the Holy Spirit moved human beings to write God’s revelation as Scripture and superintended their work in a way that made their writings infallible?

Match the name of each view of inspiration with its definition.

Which of the following are examples given in lesson 2 about how personal experiences may influence our understanding of Scripture, creating blind spots? Mark each correct answer.

Thomas Aquinas said, “Thus in Holy Writ no confusion results, for all the senses are founded on one — the ______ — from which alone can any argument be drawn, and not from those intended in _______.”

What reason did the anthropologists give for disregarding the original meaning of Scripture during the early 20th century?

Jesus accepted the Old Testament as trustworthy, even though the original documents did not exist in His day.

In the middle of the twentieth century, “structuralists” found meaning in the choices of ________ in a document.

Which of the following phrases best describes the influence of “subjectivism” on Critical Biblical Studies?

What was the view of 19th century Romanticism regarding knowledge?

Lesson 4 teaches that a Bible text has objective meaning.

Lesson 4 teaches that reason and scientific methods should not be used for studying the Scriptures.

Martin Luther and John Calvin both agreed that the allegorical method of interpreting Scripture was valid.

What is the “allegorical approach” to interpreting Scripture?

Which of the following illustrations best expresses the Protestant view of the meaning of Scripture during the Renaissance?

Lesson 5 concludes that there is “one _____ original meaning for every biblical passage.”

The “grammatico-historical” method of interpretation seeks to discover the meaning of Scripture in terms of grammar, what’s written on its pages, and in terms of its ancient ___________.

Lesson 6 explains that when several biblical passages comment on another passage, such as Psalm 110:1, they always focus on the same aspect.

All interpreters come to biblical writings with different sets of concerns, assumptions, backgrounds and ________.

What are the three factors that show the need for multiple “summaries” of a biblical passage? Mark each correct answer.

How does knowing about the apostle John, the author of the gospel, help us understand a text such as John 3:16? What is the example given in the lesson?

Corinthians 10:11 says that the stories of Israel in the desert were written down as ______ for us.

Lesson 7 defines “original meaning” as “the ______________ that the divine and human writers jointly intended the document to communicate to its first audience.”

According to lesson 7, how do we discern when God’s words can be considered a promise?

What does it mean when we say God is “immutable”?

Lesson 7 teaches that the Ten Commandments no longer apply to God’s people since the time of Christ.

And when the (theological) changes were significant enough, they became the basis for identifying __________.

Match each covenant with its emphasis:

Old Testament authors wrote _____ the past, but ____ the present.

Old Testament authors presented models for their audiences to imitate or _______.

In modern application our task is to extend the ______ built by biblical writers for their original audience to our modern lives.

For the people in the time of Jeremiah, the new covenant mentioned in Jeremiah 30-31 was associated with what important future event?

Which of the following statement best describes the teaching of the lesson regarding the difference between miracles at the time of the New Testament and miracles today?

The New Testament writers show how Jesus fulfilled Old Testament teachings in all three stages of the new covenant: inauguration, continuation, and consummation.

All of the promises of Jeremiah regarding the new covenant were fulfilled when Israel returned from captivity to Jerusalem.

What phrase describes the time of Israel’s restoration, according to the Old Testament perspective?

What important change in the people of God began at the time of the New Testament and led to even greater cultural variety?

How does lesson 10 define “culture”?

Match each way that God directed cultural patterns in the Scriptures, showing His attitude toward them, with the examples given in the lesson.

The “Great Commission,” or the “Gospel Mandate” in Matthew 28:19-20 calls us to make ______ of all nations.

Which of the following descriptions best summarizes the difference between the way the rabbis of the period between the Old and New Testaments thought of the coming age of the rule of the Messiah, and the way Jesus and His apostles explained it?

When they asked Jesus which was the greatest commandment, what was His answer?

The New Testament authors concentrated on matters that were familiar to most first century believers.

Which kinds of instructions does lesson 11 call “lower instructions”? Mark each correct answer.

Why was the Bible not written as an “instructional manual,” to guide us step by step?

Indicate the different ways the contents of the Old Testament books were distributed within the larger community of Israel. Mark each correct answer.