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• Hardness of HeartDoctrine & Theology

  Hardness of heart is a biblical expression for a state in which the heart has become hardened and obstinate against the word and will of God. It appears most prominently in the account of Pharaoh in the Book of Exodus.

• Adolf von HarnackPeople

  Adolf von Harnack (1851–1930) was a German Protestant theologian and church historian. The author of the *History of Dogma* and *What Is Christianity?*, he is regarded as a leading representative of liberal theology in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

• Karl RahnerPeople

  Karl Rahner (1904–1984) was a German Catholic theologian and Jesuit priest. He served as a theological expert at the Second Vatican Council and is widely known for his concept of the "anonymous Christian."

• OrigenPeople

  Origen (c. 185 – c. 253) was an early church theologian and biblical interpreter from Alexandria. He produced the Hexapla, a parallel edition of the Old Testament, and On First Principles, a systematic theological work, but some of his teachings were condemned after his death.

• DocetismHeresies & Cults

  Docetism was an early Christian teaching holding that Jesus Christ did not possess a real human body but only appeared to have one. The historic Christian tradition has regarded it as a heresy.

• Historical BooksBible

  In the genre classification of the Bible, the Historical Books are the books that recount the history of Israel and the early church in narrative form. In Protestant usage, the term refers to the twelve Old Testament books from Joshua through Esther and to the New Testament book of Acts.

• Historical JesusDoctrine & Theology

  The historical Jesus is the portrait of Jesus of Nazareth, a first-century figure, as reconstructed through the methods of historical scholarship, as distinct from confessions of faith. The scholarly effort to recover this portrait is known as the "quest for the historical Jesus."

• Historical CriticismDoctrine & Theology

  Historical criticism is a method of biblical interpretation that uses the tools of history and philology to study when, by whom, and under what historical circumstances the biblical texts were formed.

• Redemptive-Historical PreachingDoctrine & Theology

  Redemptive-historical preaching is a method of preaching that reads and proclaims biblical texts within the history of redemption, that is, the history of God's work of saving humanity through Christ.

• Grammatical-Historical InterpretationDoctrine & Theology

  Grammatical-historical interpretation is a method of biblical interpretation that reads the text in light of the grammar of its original languages and the historical setting in which it was written, in order to discover the meaning the author originally intended to convey.

• Higher CriticismDoctrine & Theology

  Higher criticism is an approach to biblical study that uses historical and literary methods to investigate the authorship, date of composition, sources, and editorial process of each book of the Bible. It is distinguished from textual criticism, which compares manuscripts to reconstruct the original text.

• HistoricismDoctrine & Theology

  Historicism is an eschatological method of interpretation that reads the prophecies of Revelation and Daniel as foretelling events fulfilled in sequence throughout church history, from the apostolic age to the Second Coming.

• 2 KingsBible

  Second Kings is a historical book of the Old Testament that records, in twenty-five chapters, the later history of the divided kingdom, from Elijah's ascent into heaven through the fall of the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah to the release of the captive King Jehoiachin.

• NehemiahBible

  Nehemiah is a historical book of the Old Testament. It records how the people of Judah, having returned from the Babylonian exile, rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem and reorganized their community of faith under the leadership of Nehemiah, an official of the Persian court.

• 2 SamuelBible

  Second Samuel is a historical book of the Old Testament that records the period after Saul's death, when David became king over Judah and then over all Israel. It has twenty-four chapters.

• 1 SamuelBible

  First Samuel is one of the historical books of the Old Testament. It records the transition from the period of the judges to the establishment of the monarchy in Israel, centering on three figures: Samuel, Saul, and David.

• Colonialism and MissionsHistory

  Colonialism and missions refers to the historical relationship in which European overseas expansion and Christian missionary work became intertwined from the fifteenth century onward. The term also covers the criticism and reassessment surrounding that relationship.

• Formation of the CanonBible

  The formation of the canon (canonization) is the historical process by which it became settled which of the many writings in circulation were received as Scripture, the norm for faith and life.

• Lost Ten TribesHistory

  The Lost Ten Tribes are the ten northern tribes of Israel that disappeared from the historical record after being carried into exile when the northern Kingdom of Israel fell to Assyria in the eighth century BC. Various traditions and claims about their whereabouts arose in later centuries.

• 1 KingsBible

  1 Kings is the eleventh book of the Old Testament. It is a historical book that records the final years of David, the reign of Solomon and his construction of the temple, the division of the kingdom, and the ministry of the prophet Elijah.