BIB-106 Topic 1 Review ( GCU)

BIB-106 Topic 1 Review ( GCU) BIB-106 Topic 1 Review Fill in the review as you complete the assigned readings for the topic. This review will help you prepare for your course discussions, assignments, and examinations. The review may be used during the examinations. Be sure to include citations from the textbook. Including page numbers will allow you to locate the information when you are preparing for the exams. It is important to cite your sources in order to avoid intentional or unintentional plagiarism, either of which is a violation of the University Code of Conduct. Chapter 1 1. Define the term canon: Canon comes from Hebrew and Greek words that originally signified a reed or measuring stick. A reed could serve as a measuring standard; the biblical canon was a measuring standard for faith and practice. People could compare their lives to what the Bible required. Canon could also denote a standard to which the biblical writings themselves must confirm. 2. List the tests for canonicity: 1. A book that was part of the canon had to be written by a prophet or another Spirit-guided person. Human authors would not know God’s will apart from God’s Spirit assisting their understanding. The Spirit of God had to guide the writing process. The Spirit’s presence ensured that the finished product was God’s truth and accurately communicated God’s message. 2. A book that was part of the canon had to impact all generations. Gods message could not be confined to just one audience. If a book was God’s Word, it had to be relevant to all people of all times. It could have been written for a certain audience, but if it was truly God’s Word, everyone who read it could apply its teachings to their lives. 3. A book that was part of the canon could not contradict the message of earlier canonical books. If a new writing was said to be from God, but it was contrary to other teachings, it could not be God’s Word. The truth remained the same and would never contradict itself. New messages could reveal more information about God’s plan and his purposes, but it would never run counter to the former writings 3. Define the term hermeneutics: 1. The study of the principles of interpretation of the bible. Rules of interpretation. 2. The art or science of interpretation, esp. of the Scriptures. 3. The branch of theology that deals with the principles of Biblical exegesis.