Struggling with Scripture
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0664224857
ISBN 13
9780664224851
Category
Unknown
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Publication Year
2002
Publisher
Pages
69
Subject
Bible--Interpretation
Description
Challenging the traditional meaning of Scripture is not easy, even in the face of issues that call into question those traditional interpretations. In these reflections, Walter Brueggemann says that the Bible, as the live word of the living God, will not submit to the accounts we prefer to give it. The Bible's inherent, central evangelical proclamation has greater and more permanent authority than our inescapably provisional interpretations. William Placher notes that taking the Bible most seriously means struggling to understand its meaning as well as affirming its truth. And Brian Blount distinguishes what some may claim as a "last word," which is necessarily a dead word, from the living word that is God's word to us today. - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
