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The Fallout

February 15th, 2008 · 20 Comments · Ancient Near East, Bibliology and hermeneutics, Hermeneutics, Scripture, The Fall, Theology

This is the eighth and final post in a series on inspiration, inerrancy, and hermeneutics.
Part 1: “All or “every” Scripture?
Part 2: What is inspiration?
Part 3: The nature of inspiration and the purpose of Scripture
Part 4: Inerrancy vs. infallibility
Part 5: The literary-generic principle
Part 6: The authority of Scripture
Part 7: Case study: the Fall

So anyway what about [...]

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Case Study: the Fall

February 11th, 2008 · 15 Comments · Ancient Near East, Bibliology and hermeneutics, Hermeneutics, Scripture, The Fall, Theology

This is the seventh in a series of posts on inspiration, inerrancy, and hermeneutics.
Part 1: “All or “every” Scripture?
Part 2: What is inspiration?
Part 3: The nature of inspiration and the purpose of Scripture
Part 4: Inerrancy vs. infallibility
Part 5: The literary-generic principle
Part 6: The authority of Scripture
The traditional doctrines of the Fall and of Original Sin [...]

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The authority of Scripture

February 8th, 2008 · 8 Comments · Bibliology and hermeneutics, Hermeneutics, Scripture, Theology

This is the sixth of a series of posts on inspiration, inerrancy, and hermeneutics.
Part 1: “All or “every” Scripture?
Part 2: What is inspiration?
Part 3: The nature of inspiration and the purpose of Scripture
Part 4: Inerrancy vs. infallibility
Part 5: The literary-generic principle

Preliminary Remarks The purpose of these next few posts is to examine my perspective of [...]

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The Literary-Generic Principle

January 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Ancient Near East, Bibliology and hermeneutics, Hermeneutics, Hymns, Personal, Scripture, Theology

This is the fifth of a series of posts on inspiration, inerrancy, and hermeneutics.
Part 1: “All or “every” Scripture?
Part 2: What is inspiration?
Part 3: The nature of inspiration and the purpose of Scripture
Part 4: Inerrancy vs. infallibility
The Importance of Determining Genre
Because the Bible is a compilation of literary works, in order to get the sense [...]

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Inerrancy vs. Infallibility

January 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Bibliology and hermeneutics, Hermeneutics, Scripture, Theology

This is the fourth of a series of posts on inspiration, inerrancy, and hermeneutics.
Part 1: “All or “every” Scripture?
Part 2: What is inspiration?
Part 3: The nature of inspiration and the purpose of Scripture
In the discussion of the mode of the Bible’s inspiration I pointed out that the Bible is a compilation of literary contributions empowered [...]

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The nature of inspiration and the purpose of Scripture

January 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Bibliology and hermeneutics, Hermeneutics, Scripture, Theology

This is the third of a series of posts on inspiration, inerrancy, and hermeneutics.
Part 1: “All or “every” Scripture?
Part 2: What is inspiration?
We can summarize the previous discussion by saying that 2 Timothy 3:15-17 teaches that these writings collectively known as the Bible have been infused with the breath of life from God’s own lips, [...]

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What is “inspiration”?

January 8th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Bibliology and hermeneutics, Hermeneutics, Scripture, Theology

This is the second of a series of posts on inspiration, inerrancy, and hermeneutics.
Part 1: “All or “every” Scripture?
This leads us to the specific meaning of the word theopneustos. The phrase “inspired by God” seeks to render this enigmatic near hapax legomenon which is a compound adjective with the components theos ‘God’ and pneustos ‘breathed’, [...]

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“All” or “every” Scripture?

January 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Bibliology and hermeneutics, Hermeneutics, Scripture, Theology

This is the first of a series of posts on inspiration, inerrancy, and hermeneutics.
In determining the value and purpose of the Bible, we have to begin by looking at its origin. While a description of the process that put the words of the Bible on the page in mechanical terms is interesting, the theological and [...]

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