New Testament "Interpretation Terms"
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- Textual Criticism
- seeks to establish , according to fixed rules, a biblical text as close to the original.
- Literary Criticism
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- determines BEGINNING AND END OF TEXTUAL UNITS, LARGE AND SMALL.
- to establish the interal coherence of the text. (logically consisitent ) - Genre Criticisim
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seeks to identify literary genres
the socal milieu that gave rise to them, their particular features, and history of their development - TRaditional Criticism
- situates text in the stream of the tradition and attempts to describe the development of this tradition over the course of time.
- REdaction Criticism
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studies the modificaltion that these texts have undergone before being fixed in their final state.
Editor - SOurce Criticism
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looks at precedent souces that led to present source
Present source complation - Rhetorical ANalysis
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Rhetoric is the art of composing discourse aimed at persuasion
Paul used it - Diachronic
- analysis of the text over time, historical changes and developmental process
- SYnchronic
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final result, text as we have it today
the canon of Scripture - Semiotic
- observes or studies the bibical text as it comes before the reader in it's final state.