
The Living Word of God
Rethinking the Theology of the Bible
Ben Witherington III(Author)
Baylor University Press
Published on 30. November 2020
Book
Hardback
291 pages
978-1-4813-1481-7 (ISBN)
Description
In this final installment of his trilogy on the central ordinances of the Christian faith (baptism, the Lord's Supper, and the proclamation of God's Word), Ben Witherington asks: What does it mean to call the Bible "God's word"? In doing so, he takes on other recent studies which downplay the connection between history and theology, or between historical accuracy and truth claims. The Bible is not merely to be viewed as a Word about God, Witherington argues. Instead, he says, the Bible exhorts us to see the Bible as a living Word from God.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Waco
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
hardcover does not include jacket
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
570 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4813-1481-7 (9781481314817)
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Person
Ben Witherington III is Professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies, Asbury Theological Seminary. His publications include Troubled Waters: Rethinking the Theology of Baptism (2007), Making a Meal of It: Rethinking the Theology of the Lord's Supper (2007), What's in the Word: Rethinking the Socio-Rhetorical Character of the New Testament (2009), and The Problem with Evangelical Theology: Testing the Exegetical Foundations of Calvinism, Dispensationalism, Wesleyanism, and Pentecostalism, Revised and Expanded Edition (2015).
Content
Preface
1 Seeking the Word of God
2 Inspiration without an Expiration Date
3 The Ends of Enns: The Danger of an Analogy
4 Truth Telling As an Art Form
5 Can These Things Be True?
6 Did the Canon and Its Translators Misfire?
7 How to Pick a Translation without Losing Your Religion
8 Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth
9 The Art of Reading Scripture in a Postmodern World
Afterword: The Sacrifice of the Intellect?
Appendix: Bible Q&A
Notes
Index
1 Seeking the Word of God
2 Inspiration without an Expiration Date
3 The Ends of Enns: The Danger of an Analogy
4 Truth Telling As an Art Form
5 Can These Things Be True?
6 Did the Canon and Its Translators Misfire?
7 How to Pick a Translation without Losing Your Religion
8 Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth
9 The Art of Reading Scripture in a Postmodern World
Afterword: The Sacrifice of the Intellect?
Appendix: Bible Q&A
Notes
Index