Understanding Textual Criticism and Interpretation

A reader getting meaning “out of” the text.

• Subjective

• Objective

• Exegesis

• Eisegesis

An individual’s perception of an objective truth, based on the individual’s personal experiences & life.

• Subjective

• Objective

• Exegesis

• Eisegesis

Symbols that point to Christ or the Church; understanding the scriptures in light of Christ & Christianity.

• Anagogical sense

• Allegorical sense

• Moral sense

• Literal sense

The unchanging reality of a thing based on the thing itself.

• Subjective

• Objective

• Exegesis

• Eisegesis

Which textual criticism tries to figure out what the words, phrases, & images meant in their original context?

• Form Criticism

• Literary Criticism

• Historical Criticism

• Source Criticism

A reader putting meaning “into” a text.

• Subjective

• Objective

• Exegesis

• Eisegesis

A vivid short story telling a religious truth or moral, often with a surprise or unique ending.

• Parable

• Hyperbole

• Magisterium

• Allegory

How the scripture teaches one to live his/her own life here & now.

• Anagogical sense

• Allegorical sense

• Moral sense

• Literal sense

What the author of a writing intended the words to mean.

• Subjective

• Objective

• Exegesis

• Eisegesis

Understanding the scriptures in terms of their eternal significance.

• Anagogical sense

• Allegorical sense

• Moral sense

• Literal sense