Engaging biblical authority : perspectives on the Bible as Scripture / edited by William P. Brown.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brown, William P., 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Evidences, authority, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

xvi, 158 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, [2007]

Summary:

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 Is it a historical document or a piece of literature, as some scholars suggest?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 evangelical positions; and critical African American, Asian American, Hispanic, feminist, and womanist perspectives.

Contents:

1. Biblical authority: a Jewish pluralistic view / Marc Zvi Brettler

2. Hearing the master's voice / Michael Joseph Brown

3. The biblical mainstay of liberation / Katie G. Cannon

4. "Lámpara es a mis pies tu palabra": biblical authority at the crossroads / Carlos F. Cardoza-Orlandi

5. The soil that is Scripture / Ellen F. Davis

6. The authority of the Bible and the imaging of God / Terence E. Fretheim

7. On the authorities of Scripture / Robert W. Jenson

8. The Bible's authority for and in the church / Luke Timothy Johnson

9. Inhabiting Scripture, dreaming Bible / Serene Jones

10. Authority and narrative / Sarah Heaner Lancaster

11. Alternative worlds: reading the Bible as Scripture / Jacqueline E. Lapsley

12. Biblical authority and the scandal of the Incarnation / Frank J. Matera

13. The charter of Christian faith and practice / S. Dean McBride Jr.

14. The Bible's wounded authority / Peter Ochs

15. Authority and the practice of reading Scripture / Allen Verhey

16. The word of creative love, peace, and justice / Seung Ai Yang

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-154).

ISBN:

9780664230579

0664230571

OCLC:

85444018