Quiz

Which of the following phrases expresses the perspective of lesson 5 regarding the meaning of a biblical passage?

How does lesson 5 understand the “literal sense” (sensus literalis) of a biblical passage?

What is the “allegorical approach” to interpreting Scripture?

The origin of the “allegorical approach” to interpreting Scripture is often traced to ________.

Philo of Alexandria viewed the Hebrew Scriptures as allegories that revealed _____________.

Early Christians were influenced by the allegorical method of interpretation especially through what school?

One of the most famous early Christian teachers who was heavily influenced by the allegorical method of interpretation of Scripture, and who lived from 185 to 254 A.D., was ________.

Origen divided the meaning of Scripture into two categories: the literal sense and the _______ sense.

What school of Greek philosophy had a heavy influence on early Christian methods of interpreting Scripture, leading them toward the allegorical approach?

According to lesson 5, what concept from some Greek philosophers influenced early Christian methods of biblical interpretation?

What was a “Quadriga” in the early roman society?

How was the term “Quadriga” used with regard to biblical interpretation?

According to Bernard of Clairvaux, when the Song of Solomon speaks of the “beams” and the “rafters” of a house (1:17), these are both symbols referring to ______ and ______ respectively.

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

Thomas Aquinas taught that the literal meaning of Scripture was foundational for any spiritual meanings.

During the medieval period, church authorities asserted that they had special God-given insights into spiritual meanings of Scripture that had no connection to the literal meaning.

What change in scholarly study during the Renaissance caused a dramatic shift in the interpretation of Scripture?

During the Renaissance, Protestants argued that Scripture’s literal sense, or original meaning, is both singular and ______.

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

What does lesson 5 mean when it speaks of the “full value” of a biblical passage?

How does lesson 5 define the “original meaning” of a passage?

What does lesson 5 mean by “biblical elaborations” on a passage of Scripture?

What are the three kinds of “biblical elaborations” mentioned in lesson 5? Mark each correct answer.

Numbers 35:20-25 says that if a person accidently kills someone, he should not be put to death but protected from avengers. What kind of biblical elaboration is this, according to the lesson?

Jesus comments on the commandment forbidding murder in Matthew 5:21-22, saying that if you are angry, you are liable to judgment. What kind of biblical elaboration is this, according to the lesson?

Lesson 5 teaches that some applications of Bible passages are inspired.

Lesson 5 teaches that the original meaning and biblical elaborations are inspired.

When the Heidelberg Catechism answers the question, “What is God’s will for you in the sixth commandment?” and answers by saying, “I am not to belittle, insult, hate, or kill my neighbor, not by my thoughts, my words, my look or gesture, and certainly not by actual deeds,…” what should this be called, according to the terminology of the lesson?

When we make judgments in our modern world regarding abortion, euthanasia, suicide, war, and abject poverty, what are we doing, according to the terminology of the lesson?

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

Lesson 5 concludes that the original meaning of a biblical passage “touches the concepts, behaviors and _____ of the original audience in many different ways.”

Lesson 5 concludes that, besides the original meaning of a biblical passage, in order to discover its “full value,” we also have to “find guidance in ____________ and we also have to make many legitimate ________ to our world today.”