Biblical studies

Swedish 18th century scientist and theologian (1688-1772)

French philosopher and writer (1823–1892)

thumb|Map of Jebus based on the Biblical account: visible is the Valley of Hinnom (Gehenna), [[Kidron Valley, Ein Rogel, Araunah's threshing-floor and the Citadel of Zion. (Townsend MacCoun, 1899)]]

use of critical analysis to understand and explain the Bible

set of scientific disciplines studying Bible texts

genre of literature common in the ancient Near East

a topic including time spans mentioned in the bible and meaning derived from these time spans

encyclical

commonly accepted dates or ranges of dates for composition of the Hebrew Bible, the Deuterocanonical books and the New Testament

Biblic hapax and variety of wood

Protestant school of interpretation of Pauline literature, founded in the 1960s, seeking to lift Pauline literature out of the Lutheran-Reformed framework and interpret them based on what is said to be an understanding of 1st-century Judaism

Concerns the coherence and textual integrity of the Bible

hypothesis that the Torah was derived from a series of additions to an existing corpus of work, starting from the Deuteronomist stratum, to which the Yahwist and the Priestly strata were added

inferred oral tradition, unique to Luke among the canonical gospels; includes the virgin birth of Jesus, and the parables of the Good Samaritan and of the Prodigal Son; according to the Four Document Hypothesis, Luke combined Mark, Q, and L

languages employed in the original writings of the Bible: Biblical Hebrew, Biblical Aramaic, Koine Greek

biblical source criticism theory

book on theology by Emanuel Swedenborg

British classical scholar