Voted one of Christianity Today's 1995 Books of the Year!In Holy Scripture, Donald G. Bloesch sets out the pivotal evangelical doctrines of the Bible's revelation, inspiration and interpretation. Striving to "defend the orthodox evangelical faith from its friends as well as its enemies," he provocatively argues against both evangelical rationalism and liberal experientialism. And he proposes the alternative of biblical evangelicalism--which sees Scripture as the written Word of God but stresses that it becomes the living Word of God only through the illumination of the Holy Spirit.In dialogue with Martin Luther, John Calvin, P. T. Forsyth, Karl Barth and Emil Brunner, Bloesch's Holy Scripture examines the implications of biblical authority for the 21st century. It surveys the role of the Bible as seen within the Bible itself and as that role has unfolded through centuries of Christian tradition. It also explains and critiques many highly contested issues, such as the value of biblical criticism, the meaning of myth, the plethora of hermeneutical options and the nature of truth.
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I enjoyed this book -- part 2 of a 7 part series on systematic theology. Bloesch represents a "progressive evangelical" approach and sees inerrancy limited to the overall intention of Scripture. I would have appreciated a greater discussion of the Warfield/Hodge approach to Scripture. While Bloesch argues that Scripture does not teach historical inerrancy, Warfield makes a good case that it does -- based on Scripture's own teaching. Bloesch should spend a little more time on traditional arguments. There is just too much concern with Barth, Brunner, Bultmann (a whole chapter!), etc.
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I enjoyed this book -- part 2 of a 7 part series on systematic theology. Bloesch represents a "progressive evangelical" approach and sees inerrancy limited to the overall intention of Scripture. I would have appreciated a greater discussion of the Warfield/Hodge approach to Scripture. While Bloesch argues that Scripture does not teach historical inerrancy, Warfield makes a good case that it does -- based on Scripture's own teaching. Bloesch should spend a little more time on traditional arguments. There is just too much concern with Barth, Brunner, Bultmann (a whole chapter!), etc.
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Behind the raging controversies today in both Protestantism and Roman Catholicism-including the politicizing of the church's mission, inclusive language for God and homosexual ordination-is an implacable cleft in the way people understand Holy Scripture. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
revelational meaning, mythopoetic language, apostolic interpretation, narrative theologians, total inerrancy, sacramental model, divine content, ruling norm, revealing action, unerring rule, sensus plenior, narrative theology, paradoxical unity, scriptural witness, biblical inerrancy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Spirit of God, New Testament, Emil Brunner, Charles Hodge, Karl Barth, Wisdom of Solomon, Jacques Ellul, Rudolf Bultmann, Bernard Ramm, James Packer, Kenneth Hamilton, Reinhold Niebuhr, While Bultmann, Clark Pinnock, Council of Trent, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Holy Ghost, James Barr, John Warwick Montgomery, John's Gospel, Schubert Ogden, Son of God, Wilhelm Herrmann, Ben Sira, Both Testaments New!
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Behind the raging controversies today in both Protestantism and Roman Catholicism-including the politicizing of the church's mission, inclusive language for God and homosexual ordination-is an implacable cleft in the way people understand Holy Scripture. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
revelational meaning, mythopoetic language, apostolic interpretation, narrative theologians, total inerrancy, sacramental model, divine content, ruling norm, revealing action, unerring rule, sensus plenior, narrative theology, paradoxical unity, scriptural witness, biblical inerrancy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Spirit of God, New Testament, Emil Brunner, Charles Hodge, Karl Barth, Wisdom of Solomon, Jacques Ellul, Rudolf Bultmann, Bernard Ramm, James Packer, Kenneth Hamilton, Reinhold Niebuhr, While Bultmann, Clark Pinnock, Council of Trent, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Holy Ghost, James Barr, John Warwick Montgomery, John's Gospel, Schubert Ogden, Son of God, Wilhelm Herrmann, Ben Sira, Both Testaments New!
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- Biblical Authority: A Critique of the Rogers/McKim Proposal by John Woodbridge on 5 pages
- Holy Scripture (Studies in Dogmatics) by G. C. Berkouwer on 5 pages
- Meaning of Revelation by H. Richard Niebuhr in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Scripture, Tradition and Infallibility by Dewey M. Beegle in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Holy Scripture: The Ground and Pillar of Our Faith, Volume III: The Writings of the Church Fathers Affirming the Reformation Principle of Sola Scriptura. by David T. King in Front Matter, page 130, and Back Matter
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