Lectio Divina
Templum = space, not just a building to pray
Acts 17:24-28
Disciplina = training, not just for a while (generously)
1 Corinthians 9:25
Studium = eagerness, not just study
Matthew 5:6
Sermo = conversation, not just talking about God (evangelizing)
Hebrews 4:12-13
Reading (Lectio)
Meditation (Meditatio)
Prayer (Oratio)
Contemplation (Contemplatio)
Bible as a Text
Qur'an = Recitation Only (vs muS-Haf)
Masorah -> Masoretic Text = Tanakh [T: Torah (תורה) + N: Nevi’im (נביאים) + K: Ketuvim (כתובים)]
Textus Receptus -> Nestle-Aland Bible with Critical Apparatus
What is a Stemma? (See Below)
Bible as Oral Tradition
Hadith (Sahih al-Bukhari + Sahih Muslim) -> Qur'an
Mishna (Hebrew) + Gemara (Aramaic) = Talmud
Oral Torah "Torah sheb’al peh" (תּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל־פֶּה) = Talmud + Halakha (laws) + Aggadah (narratives, stories, and ethical teachings)
Tradition (Catechism) -> New Testament