Hermenuticsintermediate
Distinguish revelation, inspiration, transmission, canon, and translation.
Answer
A strong answer defines revelation as God’s disclosure, inspiration as God’s guidance of the writing of Scripture through human authors, transmission as copying and preserving the texts, canon as the recognized authoritative list of books, and translation as rendering Scripture into another language.
Explanation
### What a good answer covers
- Revelation explains how God makes himself and his purposes known.
- Inspiration concerns the writing of Scripture under divine guidance without erasing human authorship.
- Transmission preserves texts through copying across generations.
- Canon identifies the authoritative books recognized as Scripture.
- Translation makes the text accessible in languages beyond its original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.
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