Evangelical Theories of Biblical Inspiration: A Review and ProposalOxford University Press, 3 dic 1987 - 168 páginas The inspiration of the Bible is central to Christian faith, yet there is no general agreement on the nature of this inspiration. In this provocative book, Kern Robert Trembath reviews seven major evangelical explanations of inspiration and demonstrates that all either view the Bible itself as the actual recipient of inspiration or explain biblical authority on grounds more appropriate to the doctrine of God--in effect investing the Bible with characteristics that properly belong only to God. Building on the work of William Abraham, Trembath constructs his own theory of inspiration--one that regards inspiration as a tripartite concept involving the elements of initiator, means, and receiver. He insists that only a human being can be the recipient of inspiration and that the Bible must therefore be understood as the means, rather than the end, of the process. He goes on to articulate a new definition of biblical inspiration--as "a mediated enhancement of human experience by God, through the Bible"--and argues that this new understanding of inspiration is most compatible with a Thomistic doctrine of God, which insists that God's acts are mediated through the world, rather than immediately occurring in it. |
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2 Inductivist Theories of Biblical Inspiration | 47 |
3 Inspiration and the Human Recipient | 72 |
4 Inspiration and the Means | 87 |
5 God as the Initiator of Inspiration | 104 |
Notes | 119 |
Bibliography | 143 |
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A. A. Hodge Abraham accepted account of inspiration acts affirms analysis anthropology Apologetics asserts autographs B. B. Warfield believers Bernard Ramm Bible biblical authors biblical inspiration canon Carnell Chapter Charles Hodge Christ Christian community church claim concept of inspiration concerning criterion criticism discussion divine activity divine inspiration doctrine of inspiration Donatists Edward John Carnell Eerdmans errors evangelicals existence experience of salvation fact faith God's Grand Rapids historical Hodge's Holy Spirit human Ibid inductive inductivism inerrancy initiator insistence Inspiration and Authority intention interpretation Jesus John Warwick Montgomery knowledge law of contradiction logical means mediated methodology mind Montgomery nature normative noted objective persons Philadelphia philosophical plenary inspiration present principle Protestantism question Rahner Ramm reader refers reflection rejects response revelation Scripture seen significance Strong Systematic Theology Testament theologians theory of biblical theory of inspiration traditional truth ultimately understanding verbal inspiration Warfield Westminster witness words writing York
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Página 18 - God; yet notwithstanding, our full persuasion and assurance of the infallible truth and divine authority thereof, is from the inward work of the Holy Spirit, bearing witness by and with the word in our hearts.
Página 122 - All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
Página 35 - We say that a sentence is factually significant to any given person, if, and only if, he knows how to verify the proposition which it purports to express — that is, if he knows what observations would lead him, under certain conditions, to accept the proposition as being true, or reject...
Página 19 - There are other opinions that appear to be universal, from what is common in the structure of all languages, ancient and modern, polished and barbarous.
Página 69 - Having recognized that a certain thing exists, we have still to investigate the way in which it exists, that we may come to understand what it is that exists. Now we cannot know what God is, but only what he is not; we must therefore consider the ways in which God does not exist, rather than the ways in which he does.
Página 55 - A miracle is an event in nature so extraordinary in itself and so coinciding with the prophecy or command of a religious teacher or leader as fully to warrant the conviction, on the part of those who witness it, that God has wrought it with the design of certifying that this teacher or leader has been commissioned by him.
Página 26 - The true meaning must be definitely and certainly ascertained, and then shown to be irreconcilable with other known truth. (3). Let it be proved that the true sense of some part of the original autograph is directly and necessarily inconsistent with some certainly known fact of history, or truth of science, or some other statement of Scripture certainly ascertained and interpreted.
Página 23 - borne" is taken upoy the "bearer," and conveyed by the "bearer's" power, not its own, to the "bearer's" goal, not its own. The men who spoke from God are here declared, therefore, to have been taken up by the Holy Spirit and brought by His power to the goal of His choosing.
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