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Inspiration and incarnation : evangelicals and the problem of the Old Testament / Peter Enns.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2005.Description: 197 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0801027306
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 220.1/3 22
LOC classification:
  • BS480 .E56 2005
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Getting our bearings -- What I Hope to Accomplish in This Book -- A Way toward Addressing the Problem: The Incarnational Analogy. 2. The Old Testament and ancient Near Eastern literature -- The Impact of Akkadian Literature -- Some Other Ancient Near Eastern Texts - What Exactly Is the Problem? -- How Have These Issues Been Handled in the Past? -- How Can We Think Differently through These Issues? -- How Does This Affect Us? 3. The Old Testament and theological diversity -- The Problem of Theological Diversity in the Old Testament -- Diversity in Wisdom Literature -- Diversity in Chronicles -- Diversity in God's Eternal Law -- God and Diversity -- What Does Diversity Tell Us about Scripture? 4.The Old Testament and its interpretation in the New Testament -- Do New Testament Authors Misuse the Old Testament? -- Biblical Interpretation in the Second Temple Period -- Apostolic Hermeneutics as a Second Temple Phenomenon: Interpretive Methods -- Apostolic Hermeneutics as a Second Temple Phenomenon: Interpretive Traditions -- What Makes Apostolic Hermeneutics Unique? -- Should We Handle the Old Testament the Way the Apostles Did? -- What We Can Learn from Apostolic Hermeneutics. 5.The big picture -- What Is the Bible, and What Are We Supposed to Do with It? -- Continuing the Conversation: Leaning to Listen.
Summary: This study from Peter Enns is an important reconsideration of evangelical perspectives on scriptural authority, particularly in light of recent Old Testament scholarship. His concern is to help readers whose faith has been challenged by critical studies. He suggests that evangelicals need to move beyond a merely defensive doctrine of Scripture and develop a positive view that seriously engages contemporary critical scholarship. Enns looks at three broad issues raised by biblical scholars that seem to threaten traditional views of Scripture: Parallels with ancient Near Eastern literature that call into question Scripture's uniqueness; Theological diversity in the Old Testament that calls into question Scripture's trustworthiness; Unusual uses of the Old Testament by New Testament writers that call into question Scripture's authority. Enns concludes by offering an incarnational model of Scripture--one that recognizes and affirms both the divine and human aspects of the Bible. This work includes a glossary of technical terms and annotated bibliographies for further reading and will make an excellent starting point for those wishing to develop an informed doctrine of Scripture
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

1. Getting our bearings --
What I Hope to Accomplish in This Book --
A Way toward Addressing the Problem: The Incarnational Analogy. 2. The Old Testament and ancient Near Eastern literature --
The Impact of Akkadian Literature --
Some Other Ancient Near Eastern Texts - What Exactly Is the Problem? --
How Have These Issues Been
Handled in the Past? --
How Can We Think Differently through These Issues? --
How Does This Affect Us? 3. The Old Testament and theological diversity --
The Problem of Theological Diversity in the Old Testament --
Diversity in Wisdom Literature --
Diversity in Chronicles --
Diversity in God's Eternal Law --
God and Diversity --
What Does Diversity Tell Us about Scripture? 4.The Old Testament and its interpretation in the New Testament --
Do New Testament Authors Misuse the Old Testament? --
Biblical Interpretation in the Second Temple Period --
Apostolic Hermeneutics as a Second Temple Phenomenon: Interpretive Methods --
Apostolic Hermeneutics as a Second Temple Phenomenon: Interpretive Traditions --
What Makes Apostolic Hermeneutics Unique? --
Should We Handle the Old Testament the Way the Apostles Did? --
What We Can Learn from Apostolic Hermeneutics.
5.The big picture --
What Is the Bible, and What Are We Supposed to Do with It? --
Continuing the Conversation: Leaning to Listen.

This study from Peter Enns is an important reconsideration of evangelical perspectives on scriptural authority, particularly in light of recent Old Testament scholarship. His concern is to help readers whose faith has been challenged by critical studies. He suggests that evangelicals need to move beyond a merely defensive doctrine of Scripture and develop a positive view that seriously engages contemporary critical scholarship. Enns looks at three broad issues raised by biblical scholars that seem to threaten traditional views of Scripture: Parallels with ancient Near Eastern literature that call into question Scripture's uniqueness; Theological diversity in the Old Testament that calls into question Scripture's trustworthiness; Unusual uses of the Old Testament by New Testament writers that call into question Scripture's authority. Enns concludes by offering an incarnational model of Scripture--one that recognizes and affirms both the divine and human aspects of the Bible. This work includes a glossary of technical terms and annotated bibliographies for further reading and will make an excellent starting point for those wishing to develop an informed doctrine of Scripture

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