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- Book Title
- Word of a Humble God : the Origins, Inspiration, and Interpretation of Scripture
- Publication Name
- The Word of a Humble God
- Title
- The Word of a Humble God
- Subtitle
- The Origins, Inspiration, and Interpretation of Scripture
- Contributor
- Michael Graves (Foreword by)
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- EAN
- 9780802878694
- ISBN
- 9780802878694
- Publisher
- Eerdmans Publishing Company, William B.
- Genre
- Religion
- Release Year
- 2022
- Release Date
- 06/10/2022
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 1in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 10.6 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2022
- Topic
- Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General, Biblical Studies / History & Culture, Biblical Studies / General
- Number of Pages
- 279 Pages
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"Scripture is a spring of life-giving, life-altering truth, but when we don't understand how and why it came to us, we end up misusing it." How did we get the Bible? And why does it matter? History reveals that Scripture can be used for both life-giving and destructive purposes. Discovering the Bible's origins makes all the difference for fostering redemptive interpretation of Scripture. Bringing together both historical criticism and theology, this investigation examines ancient scribal culture through the lens of faith. What we find is a divine-human collaboration that points to the character of God and the value of human agency. In this concise presentation of a breadth of scholarship usually only found across multiple volumes, Karen Keen offers a vital introduction to the material origins of the Bible, theories of inspiration, and the history of biblical interpretation--with reflections on what this all means for us as we read Scripture today. Through the ins and outs of these important topics, and with the aid of thought-provoking questions and learning activities at the end of each chapter, Keen argues that the Bible and its origins reveal a humble God who invites us to imitate that humility--a humility that is itself the most powerful antidote to the misinterpretation and abuse of Scripture.
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Publisher
Eerdmans Publishing Company, William B.
ISBN-10
0802878695
ISBN-13
9780802878694
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3057253072
Product Key Features
Book Title
Word of a Humble God : the Origins, Inspiration, and Interpretation of Scripture
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General, Biblical Studies / History & Culture, Biblical Studies / General
Publication Year
2022
Genre
Religion
Number of Pages
279 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
10.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
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Bs445.K44 2022
Reviews
"The Bible did not fall from the sky as a completed revelatory product. Karen Keen has provided a wide-ranging survey of the historical formation of Scripture as a 'group project' within the community of God's people across many centuries. But she offers us something more than a historical overview. She also makes a striking theological proposal: that God's choice to speak through these humanly written, edited, and transmitted scriptures is a clue about God's humility (in keeping with Phil. 2:1-8). If so, the historically complex, dynamic character of the biblical canon discloses something crucial about the divine identity. At the same time, it also models how we might continue to receive and interpret these texts in Spirit-led humility and freedom." --Richard B. Hays, Duke University "In a market saturated with introductions to the theology of Scripture that reinforce longstanding battle lines through polemic and triumphalism, Karen Keen's The Word of a Humble God refreshingly offers an accessible, charitable, and clarifying introduction to the origin, inspiration, and interpretation of the Bible. Covering a wide range ofhistorical and theological subjects, Keen offers a creative perspective that will challenge readers across the theological spectrum to think more deeply about the Bible." --D. Glenn Butner Jr., Sterling College "As a pastor and church educator, I've read scores of books about the nature of the Bible. Karen's The Word of a Humble God is the book I've long been looking for on how we got the Bible! Her book presents the making of the Bible, the nature of inspiration, and principles for interpretation, all in one volume! With an incredible talent for explaining complex topics like the Bible's formation from oral tradition, initial manuscript traditions, authoritative scriptures, and canons of today, Karen once again does what she is so good at: succinctly explaining her thesis in accessible terms. . . . This book deserves a wide a readership--it's a 'must read' for anyone new to Christianity or wanting to learn how God guided the process of forming his Scriptures! Highly recommended!" --Paul Spurlock, Twin Lakes Church
Table of Content
Table of Contents Foreword by Michael Graves Introduction Part One: The Making of the Bible 1. Context: People, Places and Times 2. A Community Project 3. Dynamic, Not Static 4. Bible Variety and Canonization Part Two: Inspiration 5. God and People Working Together 6. Inspiration and the Humility of God 7. Does God Speak Literally? Part 3: Interpretation 8. Interpretive Variety 9. Beyond Chronological Snobbery 10. Who You Are Matters 11. Learning Humility Together Notes Select Bibliography Indexes
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