Engaging Biblical Authority Perspectives on the Bible as Scripture

Name: Engaging Biblical Authority Perspectives on the Bible as Scripture
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ISBN: 9780664230579

ISBN-10: 0664230571

ISBN-13: 9780664230579

Edition: 2007

Authors: William P. Brown

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Is the Bible infallible or inerrant, as some churches claim? Is it a historical document or a piece of literature, as some scholars suggest? This helpful new book offers a brief introduction to the question of biblical authority, using essays written by sixteen scholars who use the Bible as the Word of God in their own religious tradition and in their scholarship. Beginning with an introduction to the foundational issues of biblical authority, these scholars each present a different, but sympathetic, view of the Bible from his or her own perspective and experience. Their voices include traditional Reformed, Lutheran, Wesleyan, Catholic, Jewish, and Orthodox views; recent conservative or…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date: 10/3/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Abbreviations


Introduction




Biblical Authority: A Jewish Pluralistic View




Hearing the Master's Voice




The Biblical Mainstay of Liberation




"Lampara es a mis pies tu palabra": Biblical Authority at the Crossroads




The Soil That Is Scripture




The Authority of the Bible and the Imaging of God




On the Authorities of Scripture




The Bible's Authority for and in the Church




Inhabiting Scripture, Dreaming Bible




Authority and Narrative




Alternative Worlds: Reading the Bible as Scripture




Biblical Authority and the Scandal of the Incarnation




The Charter of Christian Faith and Practice




The Bible's Wounded Authority




Authority and the Practice of Reading Scripture




The Word of Creative Love, Peace, and Justice



Notes


Contributors