Collected Writings on Scripture
- England Apollos 2010
- 335p
includes index and biblioraphy
Part 1 Essays 1. Approaching the Bible 19 What the Bible Is How to Interpret the Bible 2. Recent Developments in the Doctrine of Scripture 55 Revisionist Historiography Focus on the Phenomena of the Bible Debates over Various Terms Uncritical Attitudes toward Literary and Other Tools Sensitivity to "Propositions" and "Literary Genre" The New Hermeneutic and Problems of Epistemology Discounting the Concursive Theory The Diminishing Authority of the Scriptures in the Churches 3. Unity and Diversity in the New Testament: The Possibility of Systematic Theology 111 Statement of the Problem Working Definitions Critique Positive Reflections Conclusion 4. Redaction Criticism: On the Legitimacy and Illegitimacy of a Literary Tool The Development of Redaction Criticism Common Criticisms Leveled against Redaction Criticism Two Examples Suggested Guidelines for the Use of Redaction Criticism Appended Note 5. Is the Doctrine of Claritas Scripturae Still Relevant Today? Historical Summary The Contemporary Challenge A Preliminary Response Part 2 Reviews 6. Three Books on the Bible: A Critical Review William J. Abraham, The Divine Inspiration of Holy Scripture (l981) James Barr, The Scope and Authority of the Bible (l 980) I. Howard Marshall, Biblical Inspiration (1982) 7. Three More Books on the Bible: A Critical Review John Webster, Holy Scripture: A Dogmatic Sketch (2003) Peter Enns, Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament (2005) N. T. Wright, The Last Word: Beyond the Bible Wars to a New Understanding of the Authority of Scripture (2005) 8. Review of Jeffrey L. Sheler, Is the Bible True ? How Modern Debates and Discoveries Affirm theEssence of the Scriptures (1999) 303 9. Review of Alan G. Padgett and Patrick R. Keifert, eds., But Is It All True? The Bible and the Question of Truth (2006) 307 10. Review of Roland Boer, Rescuing the Bible (2007) 315