Marcus Parker February 1‚ 2011 CHHI 301-B02 LUO Professor Michael Mitchell The Foundation of Orthodoxy and the Canon God is the Divine Author of a set of books‚ songs‚ narratives and letters that were written as a way for man to draw nearer to Him through His loving Son Jesus the Christ. God’s Word is an expression of who God is and who His Son is. J. Scott Duvall and J. Daniel Hays wrote a book called Grasping God’s Word. Within this book‚ the authors inspire their readers by giving a
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Dissertation: Biblical aspect of Bibliology Bibliology‚ as most Christians know‚ is the study of the Bible‚ which is God’s word. The word “Bible” comes from the Greek word biblion‚ which means book. The original writings were prepared on papyrus‚ which was a plant that was cut into strips and dried. The word “Scriptures" comes from the Greek word graphe‚ which means writings. The idea of “Scripture” saying something is presented to us in the Bible‚ and is equivalent to God speaking. The
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The primary need of Hermeneutics is to determine and understand the meaning of Biblical text. The purpose of Hermeneutics is to bridge the gap between our minds and the minds of the Biblical writers through a thorough knowledge of the original languages‚ ancient history and the comparison of Scripture with Scripture. Through Hermeneutics‚ Biblical Interpretation can be achieved in three ways; historically‚ the message and the doctrine. The Bible is totally authoritive and inspired by God‚ however
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Composed of 73 books - 46 Old Testament and 27 New Testament books. Books are NOT arranged in the order in which they were written. Most books written by several authors. Canon of scripture Canon refers to the books of the Old and the New Testaments that the church accepts as inspired books. Old Testament The canon of the Old
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wonder: What were God’s original thoughts and meanings on any particular subject? What has been lost in translation? What has been twisted to suit a particular situation? Why has God allowed his words to be so misconstrued for so many years? The Hebrew canon‚ known to us as the Old Testament‚ is a collection of 24 “books” accepted by the Jewish scholars as being authentic. These are divided into three (3) parts. The Law (Torah)‚ also called the Pentateuch‚ consists of the first five books of the Bible:
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guiding principles? How did they come about? What are the antecedents that necessitated their emergence? What is (are) the importance of the history of these laws? These are some of the questions this work shall be addressing. Canon Law Defined Etymologically the word canon is derived from the Greek word “kavόνεҁ” meaning a stick or rod. It also means a standard measurement‚ the rule‚ norm‚ or yardstick.1 law on the other hand means a rule usually made by a government that is used to order the way
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Canon Company History and Background Canon Company is one of the largest corporations in the world which produce camera‚ printer‚ photo state machines‚ and other digital imaging. The Company was founded in 1937. The main quarters are placed at Tokyo‚ Japan. Until now the Canon Company already established all around the world. The Canon Company was founded by Takeshi Matarai‚ Goro Tosida‚ Saburo Uchida and Takeo Maeda. For the first ten years of company operation it was named as “Kwanon”. They changed
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Christian Community. In today’s world‚ to apply the text to our context‚ we are required to deal with‚ for example‚ the religious conflicts‚ human rights of minority group‚ and ethical issues in scientific development that were not found in the Biblical context. In this respect‚ Fewell and Gunn look at the text with the methodology of modern feministic and
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One of the biggest debates between Christians is how to read the Bible. By understanding what He meant by what He said‚ one can fulfill God’s will. There are various interpretations to His words. Contextualism‚ in the Bible‚ refers to interpreting text in context to which the Bible was written. From a contextualist view‚ because there are many books that come from various years‚ the reader must take into account the historical context at the time the book was written. Also‚ the reader must take into
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Harold Bloom‚ Literary Canon refers to a classification of literature. It is a term used widely to refer to a group of literary works that are considered the most important of a particular time period or place. For example‚ there can be a canon composed of works from a particular country‚ or works written within a specific set of years‚ or even a collection of works that were all written during a certain time period and within a certain region. In this way‚ a literary canon establishes a collection
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