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Score for this quiz: 76 out of 80 *

Question 1

4 / 4 pts

The methodologies of the “new criticism” or “formalism” focused primarily on a coherent

interpretation of the text in its entirety apart from any historical background information.

True

False

Question 2

4 / 4 pts

Of the two methods, narrative criticism and structuralism, only structuralism is used or

discussed much among modern scholars.

True

False

Question 3

4 / 4 pts

Preunderstandings are preconceived notions or assumptions which a person brings to

the text, which have been formulated before the actual study of the text.

True

False

Question 4

4 / 4 pts

Although all readers are influenced to some degree by presuppositions and

preunderstandings, an objective interpretative process is still possible.

True

False

Question 5

4 / 4 pts

An intuitive, feels right approach to interpretation is usually sufficient.

True

False

Question 6

4 / 4 pts

The interpretive journey begins with applying the principles to our individual situations.

True

False

Question 7

4 / 4 pts

There is a river of issues like culture, context, and covenant between the meaning of the

Bible for the first century person and the 21st century person.

True

False

Question 8

Not yet graded / 4 pts

List and briefly describe the three reasons for the practice of proper hermeneutics

according to Klein et al.

Your Answer:

Klein et al. provide three reasons for the practice of proper hermeneutics. They include:

1. Proper hermeneutics discerns God’s message as He intended to communicate it

through human minds and hands by interpreting full context rather than simple

“proof-texting.”

2. Proper hermeneutics avoids and dispels misconceptions or erroneous

perspectives and conclusions about Biblical text, thus minimizing flawed teaching,

beliefs, or application.

3. Proper hermeneutics helps apply the Bible’s message to our lives. The Bible

conveys truth applicable to contemporary situations that parallel their original

intentions.

Question 9

4 / 4 pts

Using Origen’s approach as your guide, match the following aspects of an allegorical

interpretation of Scripture with their proper definitions.

The historical events of a passage.

The doctrinal truth of a text.

The ethical meaning of a text that show hidden principles for Christian living.

Question 10

4 / 4 pts

Literal Sense

Spiritual Sense

Moral Sense

According to Klein et al., all that matters for interpretation is the text and the original

author/recipients. The modern interpreter is not important at all.

True

False

Question 11

4 / 4 pts

A connotation refers to a word’s emotional overtones—the positive or negative

associations it conjures up beyond what the word strictly means.

True

False

Question 12

4 / 4 pts

Reception history interprets the Bible retrospectively by considering how its contents

have been incorporated, used, or influenced in diverse arenas (e.g., art, music, poetry,

narrative, film, politics, popular culture, other religions, etc.).

True

False

Question 13

4 / 4 pts

In contrast to Origen’s allegorical approach, the allegorical approach of the Middle Ages

believed every passage had four meanings.

True

False

Question 14

4 / 4 pts

Which of the following is described by Klein et al. as an approach that contemporizes a

prophecy or that may lead to an atomization approach to the text?

Pesher

Midrash

Allegory

Exegesis

Question 15

4 / 4 pts

Which of the following church fathers advocated an allegorical interpretation of Scripture

that called for a threefold meaning to passages?

Clement of Alexandria

Origen

Cyril

Augustine

Question 16

4 / 4 pts

Which of the following church fathers was influenced by Philo and held that Scripture

has a twofold meaning--a literal (body) meaning and a spiritual (soul) meaning?

Clement of Alexandria

Origen

Cyril

Augustine

Question 17

4 / 4 pts

Allegorical interpretation was definitely NOT the most popular approach to the Old

Testament among the early Church Fathers.

True

False

Question 18

4 / 4 pts

In Clement of Alexandria's view, the literal sense of a passage is the primary and most

accurate meaning of that passage.

True

False

Question 19

4 / 4 pts

Which of the following critical methods is best described as an attempt to discern the

distinctive theological and thematic emphases that the individual biblical writers or

editors gave their materials?

Form Criticism

Redaction Criticism

Canon Criticism

Source Criticism

Question 20

4 / 4 pts

The reformers Luther and Calvin typically avoided allegorical interpretations and instead

insisted on a historical interpretation of Scripture.

True

False

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