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Glossary
Review the lesson glossary terms below. Glossary terms may be included in quiz questions.
Coptic
The language of ancient Egypt, into which a large number of Greek words had been incorporated and written in an alphabet closely akin to Greek. After the tenth century, the language was gradually supplanted by Arabic, but it appears to have survived in a few places down to the end of the seventeenth century, and is still used in the liturgy of the Coptic church.
Critical
Operating with careful, reasoned judgment based on close scrutiny of the subject at hand.
Form Criticism
The study of the history and function of the forms in which traditions or messages are communicated.
Literary
Having to do with the process of creating and writing a document or part thereof.
Minuscule
Denotes a manuscript written in small cursive or “running” letters, first used for codices of the Bible c. A.D. 800.
Oral
Having to do with the handing down of information, beliefs, and forms by word of mouth.
Pericope
An extract or selection from a book or a document. It has been “cut around” and identified as a self-contained literary unit. The Bible contains many literary units or pericopes. To study a verse of Scripture without considering the larger literary unit from which it is taken removes the verse from its essential context.
Redaction Criticism
An extract or selection from a book or a document. It has been “cut around” and identified as a self-contained literary unit. The Bible contains many literary units or pericopes. To study a verse of Scripture without considering the larger literary unit from which it is taken removes the verse from its essential context.
Sitz Im Leben
German expression meaning “setting in life,” referring to the efforts of form critics to determine the life settings of particular literary types.
Style
Identifiable features in a particular author or tradition, such as vocabulary or distinctive syntax.
Uncial
A technical term for third-to-tenth-century codices of the Bible written in majuscule or capital letters on parchment or vellum.