Chapter Two

______ tries to understand what the author intended to communicate.

unchanging

_____ tries to determine what was happening when the passage was written and the cultural context of a biblical text.

the prayer of the Church at specific times of the day

Discovering that Gen 1-12 is etiological literature is an example of...

term for non-Jews.

only takes into account the exact meaning of the words without considering any other factors.

Discovering that the smallest gate in the wall around Jerusalem was called the "eye of the needle" is an example of ...

The analogy of Faith is the idea that Divine Truths will not contradict other Divine Truths.

Author of a Gospel, and one who proclaims in word and deed the Good News of Jesus Christ.

the process of sharing stories and other important pieces of information by word of mouth.

______ tries to determine where biblical material comes from; and what resources the biblical authors used.

______________________ focuses on the editing of a biblical passage.

the official public worship of the Church.

the most important symbol of the Jewish faith. It served as the only physical manifestation of God on earth.

mistakes

___ tries to understand what the biblical passages are teaching about life after death.

___ determines how each biblical book took shape in a period of oral tradition and tries to identify the literary genre

teaching

The Catholic Church believes that every word of the bible was dictated by the Holy Spirit to the human authors.

one trained to write using the earliest forms of writing before literacy was widespread.

Discovering that the evangelist Matthew had a copy of the Gospel of Mark is an example of...

what the author intended to communicate

__________ tries to understand what is being taught about good and evil.

God through the Holy Spirit inspired the authors of Sacred Scripture to write down _________ Truths.

______ tries to understand the symbols or sustained metaphors authors' use.

Discovering that the Gospel of Matthew was written in 5 parts to reflect the first 5 books of the bible is an example of

A Benedictine prayer tradition of "sacred reading"

a sign and source of grace instituted by Jesus Christ and entrusted to the Church

a type of writing that has a particular form, style and content.

without errors

__________ tries to understand what is being taught about good and evil.

Verbal inspiration is the idea that the Holy Spirit guided the human authors of the bible to choose every word.

Which sense of scripture is NOT part of the spiritual sense of scripture?