Bible Studies
Bible studies are the academic study of the Bible and Judeo-Christian texts correspondents.
For Christianity , the Bible traditionally comprises the Old Testament and New Testament , which are sometimes called the " Holy Scriptures ".
The Judaism recognizes Scripture as the Hebrew Bible , also known as the Tanakh , which is an acronym for the names in Hebrew of its divisions: Torah (Law), Nevi'im ( Prophets ) and Ketuvim (writings). Other texts are often studied by biblical scholars: the apocryphal Jewish, Jewish Pseudepigrapha, the Apocrypha Christians, many kinds of literature of pre-Nicene Christianime primitive and early Jewish literature.
Bible studies are comprised mainly of exegesis and the hermeneutic.
Summary |
It has two main branches in biblical studies:
- the exegesis focuses on the study of sources : origins, authenticity, consecutive translations, etc..
- the hermeneutics focuses on the interpretation of sources : what meaning should be attributed to the texts?
Principles of biblical interpretation (hermeneutics)
The main idea is that a text can be interpreted only according to its original meaning or literal meaning. Other senses are most often called spiritual senses. We must especially take into account that we can not interpret the texts of the Bible if we did not receive the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of truth. The reception of this divine Spirit (third person of the Holy Trinity that is God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit) and perfect communion with him, we can better identify and understand the hidden meaning of the various words, the various writings.
Interpretation in several senses
Many basic principles of biblical interpretation have certain similarities between Judaism and Christianity. Christianity has in fact borrowed from Judaism's method of interpreting texts by four senses.
These are defined according to Judaism: peshat (literally), Remez, drash , sod.
In Christianity, the four senses are not exactly the same as in Judaism, because Christianity seeks to make the connection between the First Testament and New Testament , which is done through the allegorical meaning.
See also
Related articles
- Bible | Hebrew Bible
- Canon of the Bible
- French Biblical and Archaeological School of Jerusalem
- The Bible
- Exegesis | Hermeneutics
- Source (Information)
- Four senses of Scripture
- Deus Providentissimus
- Jean De Fraine
External Links
- Catholic Bible online , with search engine , meditations , readings, homily and Holy Day, catechism
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