Session 9 - History of Interpretation
Session Overview
Why are there so many different interpretations of Scripture? How did the apostles interpret Scripture? Are they to be our model? What about the early Church? Should we look for a hidden meaning in Scripture? During this session, the student should come to a basic understanding of what is involved in the hermeneutical processes, by looking at biblical hermeneutics as practiced through the centuries.
http://feeds.bible.org/video/ttp/TTP-BH09.flv
http://feeds.bible.org/ttp/ttp_bh09.mp3
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Session 8 - Inerrancy
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Do the Scriptures contain errors? If so, can they still be said to be inspired? How do we harmonize the difficult portions of Scripture that seem to disagree? This session will familiarize the student with the often misunderstood and abused doctrine of inerrancy. Evangelicals have in many respects been defined by this doctrine. The student should learn to distinguish between the doctrines of inerrancy and infallibility, understanding that they are no longer synonymous as is often supposed.
http://feeds.bible.org/video/ttp/TTP-BH08.flv
http://feeds.bible.org/ttp/ttp_bh08.mp3
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Session 7 - Proving Inspiration: An Apologetic Defense of Scripture
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How can we know that the Scriptures alone are inspired? What about other religions? Don't they have books that claim to be inspired? Is there any way to verify that God wrote the Bible? Important questions that most Christians are not prepared to answer. Most would just give an honest but insufficient answer, I believe because the Holy Spirit convicts me to believe.
http://feeds.bible.org/video/ttp/TTP-BH07.flv
http://feeds.bible.org/ttp/ttp_bh07.mp3
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Session 6 - Inspiration of Scripture
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What is inspiration? Did God inspire the mind of the author, or the text of Scripture, or both? How does one's view of inspiration effect his or her interpretation? Upon completion of this session, the student should have come to an understanding of the doctrine of inspiration, able to define what it means and how it is to be distinguished from revelation and illumination. The student will learn the different theories of inspiration that are held by theologians today.
http://feeds.bible.org/video/ttp/TTP-BH06.flv
http://feeds.bible.org/ttp/ttp_bh06.mp3
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Session 5 - Canonization of Scripture (NT)
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How did the Church decide which books belonged in the New Testament? Were any other writings like the Gospel of Thomas ever seriously considered for the New Testament canon? What role did the church councils play in the canonization process? Upon completion of this session the student should have a better understanding of the complexities of the canonization process with regards to the New Testament.
http://feeds.bible.org/video/ttp/TTP-BH05.flv
http://feeds.bible.org/ttp/ttp_bh05.mp3
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Session 4 - Canonization of Scripture (OT)
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How do Christians know what books belong in the Bible? Who determined what books were inspired? What about the Deuterocanonical books (Apocrypha)? Should they be included? Upon completion of this session the student should have a better understanding of process of the canonization of Scripture. During this session the different criteria that people have proposed for determining the canon will be examined. The student should struggle with the traditional understanding that the closed is canon.
http://feeds.bible.org/video/ttp/TTP-BH04.flv
http://feeds.bible.org/ttp/ttp_bh04.mp3
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Session 3 - Transmission of Scripture
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How do we know that the Bible that we have is the same as when it was originally written? Did the scribes ever make mistakes in copying the text? If so, can we really trust the Bible? Upon completion of this lesson, the student should have a better understanding of the process and history of biblical transmission.
http://feeds.bible.org/video/ttp/TTP-BH03.flv
http://feeds.bible.org/ttp/ttp_bh03.mp3
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Session 2 - Sola Scriptura
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What is Tradition? Why does the Roman Catholic Church reject Sola Scriptura? Why did the Reformers reject the absolute authority of Tradition? Is Sola Scriptura to be blamed for all the separation in the Protestant Church? Can’t I just study the Bible on my own and let the Holy Spirit guide me to all truth? This lesson will center on the doctrine of Christian authority.
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What is Tradition?
http://feeds.bible.org/video/ttp/TTP-BH02.flv
http://feeds.bible.org/ttp/ttp_bh02.mp3
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Bibliology & Hermeneutics - Course Description
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Session 1 - Class Introduction and Authority
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Whom do we trust for authority? Should we trust an institutionalized Church? Is there any validity in the tradition? Or should we rely upon the Scriptures alone as the Reformers insisted? This lesson should provide the student with a better understanding of the various views of Christian authority that have been held throughout history. The student should have a basic overview of the beliefs concerning authority of the three major traditions (Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, and Roman Catholicism).
http://feeds.bible.org/video/ttp/TTP-BH01.flv
http://feeds.bible.org/ttp/ttp_bh01.mp3
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