SEMESTER 4
163 – Terminology – Part 8
BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE
COURSE: THEOLOGY IV LESSON # 63
WORDS AND TERMS DESCRIBING THE PRINCIPLES OF STUDY AND COMMUNICATION
KERUGMATOLOGY:
So far as I know, a word of my own origination, or concoction. It would come from the Greek Kerugma (preaching) ology (science or study of preaching). I use it for the sake of giving a proper name to this section of study.
HOMILETICS:
The branch of theology dealing with the proper writing and preaching of sermons. The value of homiletical study is to enhance the organization and systematization of subjects, making them more easily understandable and memorable.
HERMENEUTICS:
The science of interpretation: In Theology, the principles or laws for the science of interpretation of the Bible, especially the study of the principles of biblical exegesis.
HYPERBOLE:
(hi per’ bo lee) An obvious and intentional exaggeration, used not to deceive but for effect, not meant to be taken literally but to give illustration to the extremity.
PARABLE:
A story about a familiar event or action which is used to illustrate deeper truth.
METAPHOR:
(met’ a fore) A familiar item, word or title used to illustrate a personal attribute, a truth, or a relationship.
ALLEGORY:
An actual bible event, such as the birth and standing of Abraham’s sons, used to illustrate, and to give detail to, a deeper truth or doctrine.
ANALOGY:
An explaining of a thing by comparing it with something similar. The process by which new or less familiar words, instructions or pronunciations conform to a pattern of more familiar functions, though they may be inherently unrelated.
THE TALMUD:
The Jewish commentary of the Old Testament.
THE TARGUMS:
This contains Jewish prophecies of the Old Testament.
THE TORAH:
It means the law and is a Jewish term referring to the first five books of the Bible.
THEONOMY:
Also known as Dominionism or Reconstructionism. Theos=God; Nomos= law; thus God’s law. It has to do with the replacement of man’s laws with God’s laws in society.