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Sacred Scripture Exegesis Flashcards

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  1. What is the 'hermeneutical circle' in biblical interpretation?

    Answer: The interplay between understanding the whole text through its parts and the parts through the whole

    The hermeneutical circle describes how understanding a text requires moving back and forth between individual parts and the whole, each informing the other.

  2. Which prophetic technique involves proclaiming a future event with such certainty that it is described in the past tense?

    Answer: The prophetic perfect

    The 'prophetic perfect' is a Hebrew grammatical feature where a future event is described in perfect (past) tense to express absolute certainty of its fulfillment.

  3. What does 'redaction criticism' primarily seek to uncover?

    Answer: The theological perspective and editorial activity of the final compiler

    Redaction criticism studies how editors (redactors) shaped, arranged, and modified source materials to express their own theological viewpoints.

  4. In the context of New Testament exegesis, what is the 'Q source'?

    Answer: A hypothetical sayings source shared by Matthew and Luke but not Mark

    Q (from German 'Quelle,' meaning source) is a hypothetical written source of Jesus' sayings posited to explain material common to Matthew and Luke but absent from Mark.

  5. What literary device is present when the same word or phrase appears at both the beginning and end of a passage?

    Answer: Inclusio

    Inclusio (or 'envelope structure') is a literary framing device where a passage begins and ends with the same or similar word, phrase, or idea.

  6. What does the Catholic principle of the 'analogy of faith' mean for biblical interpretation?

    Answer: Individual passages must be interpreted in harmony with the whole of Christian doctrine

    The analogy of faith (analogia fidei) requires that individual scriptural passages be interpreted in coherence with the entire body of revealed truth and Church doctrine.

  7. The Pontifical Biblical Commission's 1993 document 'The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church' identified which method as indispensable for Catholic exegesis?

    Answer: The historical-critical method, used within the Church's faith tradition

    The PBC affirmed the historical-critical method as indispensable while insisting it must be integrated with theological and ecclesial interpretation.