Post Enlightenment Methods of Interpretation

Which of the following are post enlightenment methods of Biblical Interpretation?

• Rational

• Historical

• Sociological

• Literary

The Enlightenment had an impact on which areas of life in the Western World?

• Politics

• Philosophy

• Language

• Science

Which philosopher introduced rationalism into philosophical thought?

• Plato

• Socrates

• Hume

• Descartes

Empiricism argues that knowledge from the world comes from...

• Religious Texts

• A Priori Evidence

• Experience of the five senses

• Reason

Which philosopher developed the 'Tabula Rasa' concept?

• Descartes

• Hume

• Locke

• Aquinas

Scepticism is...

• being a pessimist

• accepting all truth claims

• doubting Thomas

• doubting all truth claims

Which Enlightenment philosopher cast doubt on miracles and classical arguments for the existence of God?

• Dawkins

• Dodd

• Brown

• Hume

Before the enlightenment most Biblical interpretation was devotional. This means...

• People studied the Bible to understand People's will, not the text itself.

• People studied the Bible to understand God's will, not the text itself.

• People studied the morals of the Bible

• People analysed the sources of the Bible

Thomas Hobbes broke the devotional tradition when he questioned...

• Is God existed

• The origins of humanity

• If Moses wrote the first five books of the Bible

• If Jesus existed

The Enlightenment introduced Biblical Criticism. This means that...

• People stopped believing in God

• The role of the Bible became heightened

• The message of the Bible was criticised

• The Bible was treated like any other book to be analysed and evaluated.