Book Reviews / Comptes Rendus: The Bible as a Human Witness to Divine Revelation: Hearing the Word of God through Historically Dissimilar Traditions by Randall Haskett and Brian Irwin, eds

2012 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 633-635
Author(s):  
Daniel C. Timmer
Keyword(s):  
Divine Revelation ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
The Bible

The Inspiration of the Bible

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald O’Collins, SJ
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Thomas Aquinas ◽  
Karl Barth ◽  
Divine Revelation ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
The Real ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Efficient Cause ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
The Church

Dealing with biblical inspiration within the scheme of the Word of God in its threefold form (as preached, written, and revealed), Karl Barth distinguished between divine revelation and the inspired Bible. He insisted that the revelation to prophets and apostles preceded proclamation and the writing of Scripture. He interpreted all the Scriptures as witness to Christ. While the human authors of the Bible ‘made full use of their human capacities’, the Holy Spirit is ‘the real author’ of what is written. Raymond Collins, in dialogue with Thomas Aquinas, Barth, and others, interpreted biblical inspiration in the light of the Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on Divine Revelation. He spoke of the Holy Spirit as the ‘principal, efficient cause’ (with the human authors as the ‘instrumental’ causes), rejected dictation views of inspiration, and examined the scope of biblical truth and the authority of the Bible for the Church.

scholarly journals Book Reviews

2001 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 198-208
Author(s):  
Editorial Office
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Gospel Of John ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
The Bible

Claus Westermann (Translated by S S Schatzmann) The Gospel of John. In the light of the Old Testament. Hendrickson Publishers 1998: Peabody, Massachusetts. Price unknown, 106 pp.   Jerry Connery-Hoggatt, Speaking of God. Reading and Preaching the Word of God. Hendrickson Publishers: Peabody, Massachusetts 1995. X en 277 pp. Prys onbekend.   A König, Vernuwe ofverdwyn, Lux Verbi 1998, 116 pp. Prys R49-00.   John C H Laughlin, Archaeology and the Bible, Routledge, London & New York, 2000.   K Koch, & M Rosel, (eds), Polyglottensynopse zum Buch Daniel, Neukirchener Verlag, Neukirchen 2000,322 pp.   I Nell, Ons ware ID is Jesus. 'n Bybelstudie vir groepe en individue oor die woordprente in Jesus se "Ek is "-uitsprake. Wellington: Lux Verbi BM 2000, 64 pp. Prys: onbekend.   J Cilliers, Die genade van gehoorsaamheid. Hoe evangelies is die etiese preke wat ons in Suid-Afrika hoor? Wellington: Lux VerbLBM 2000, 177 pp. Prys: onbekend.   Yusufu Turaki, Christianity and African Gods. A method in theology. Potchefstroom: IRS 1999.348 pp. Prys: R60-00   Ronald J Allen, Patterns of Preaching. A Sermon Sampler. Chalice Press 1998, 252pp.

Book reviews

1992 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-198
Author(s):  
Lars Aejmelaeus ◽  
Karl-Erich Grözinger ◽  
Tryggve Kronholm ◽  
Karl-Gustav Sandelin ◽  
Svante Lundgren ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Martin Buber ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Jewish Intellectuals

Paulus und das Judentum. Antropologische Erwägungen (Timo Laato, 1991 diss.) is reviewed by Lars Aejmelaeus.Moses Hess on religion. Judaism and the Bible (Svante Lundgren, 1992) is reviewed by Karl-Erich Grözinger.Abraham ibn Ezra y su tiempo / Abraham ibn Ezra and his age (ed. Fernando Diaz Esteban, 1990) is reviewed by Tryggve Kronholm.Kommentar till påskhaggadan (Nils Martola, 1988) is reviewed by Tryggve Kronholm.Pilatusbilledet i den antike jødedom og kristendom (Niels Willert, 1989) is reviewed by Karl-Gustav Sandelin.Die unterlegene Religion. Das Judentum im Urteil deutscher Alttestamentler. Kritik theologischer Geschichtsschreibung (Ulrich Kusche, 1991) is reviewed by Svante Lundgren.Judentum im deutschen Sprachraum (ed. Karl E. Grözinger, 1991) is reviewed by Svante Lundgren.Jiddische Sprachgeschichte (Bettina Simon, 1988) is reviewed by Theodor Katz.Kinesiske jøder (Jens Christian Larsen, 1991) is reviewed by Theodor Katz.Människan och hennes bildkonst (Martin Buber, 1991) is reviewed by Siv Illman.Kuolleen meren kirjakääröt. Qumranin tekstit suomeksi (ed. Raija Sollamo, 1991) is reviewed by Antti Laato.Fortolkning som formidling. Om den bibliske eksegeses funktion (eds. Lone Fatum & Eduard Nielsen, 1992) is reviewed by Roger Syrén.Alkukirkko ja juutalaisuus (eds. Anne-Marit Enroth-Voitila, Matti Myllykoski, 1991) is reviewed by Nils Martola.Short notice by Nils Martola.Motståndet. Arton brev om död och liv (Per Ahlmark & Georg Klein, 1991) is reviewed by Karl-Johan Illman.Judarna i det svenska samhället. Identitet, integration, etniska relationer (ed. Kerstin Nyström, 1991) is reviewed by Karl-Johan Illman.Divided passions. Jewish intellectuals and the experience of modernity (Paul Mendes-Flohr, 1991) is reviewed by Karl-Johan Illman.

Divine Words, Female Voices

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerusha Tanner Lamptey
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Theological Anthropology ◽  
Feminist Theology ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
Divine Revelation ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Women Scholars ◽  
Female Voices ◽  
Divine Words ◽  
Vital Resource

Interreligious feminist engagement is a legitimate and vital resource for Muslim women scholars seeking to articulate egalitarian interpretations of Islamic traditions and practices. Acknowledging very real challenges within interreligious feminist engagement, Divine Words, Female Voices: Muslima Explorations in Comparative Feminist Theology uses the method of comparative feminist theology to skillfully navigate these challenges, avoid impositions of absolute similarity, and propose new, constructive insights in Muslima theology. Divine Words, Female Voices reorients the comparative theological conversation around the two “Divine Words,” around the Qur’an and Jesus Christ, rather than Prophet Muhammad and Jesus Christ, or the Qur’an and the Bible. Building on this analogical foundation, it engages diverse Muslim and Christian feminist, womanist, and mujerista voices on a variety of central theological themes. Divine Words, Female Voices explores intersections, discontinuities, and resultant insights that arise in relation to divine revelation; textual hermeneutics of the hadith and Bible; Prophet Muhammad and Mary as feminist exemplars; theological anthropology and freedom; and ritual prayer, tradition, and change.

Conclusion: The Bible Human and Divine

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jetze Touber
Keyword(s):  
Word Of God ◽  
Biblical Criticism ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Contested Terrain ◽  
Public Church

The conclusion recapitulates the variegated dynamics at play in the interpretation and use of the Bible in the Dutch Public Church when Spinoza articulated his biblical criticism. Spinoza’s Tractatus theologico-politicus did not suddenly open the eyes of his contemporaries to the technical and philosophical problems of identifying a text with the Word of God. Rather it arrived at an extremely delicate moment, when forces from various directions were already contesting one another over the authority to interpret Scripture in their own ways. These forces had their own momentum when refuting Spinoza’s outlandish appeal to biblical philology, and responded in turn to one another inlight of the new reality. In result, by 1700 the space allowed for exegetical variety within the doctrinal enclosure of the Public Church had gradually widened, but it remained a contested terrain where innovations were easily considered, or branded, harmful to ecclesiastical unity.

Pentecostal Understanding of Sanctification from a Pentecostal Perspective

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-110
Author(s):  
Hollis Gause
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Divine Revelation ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
Holy Trinity ◽  
Social Nature ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Birth ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
Fruit Of The Spirit ◽  
The Trinity

AbstractThe doctrine of the Holy Trinity is the product of divine revelation, and is a doctrine of divine worship. The expressions of this doctrine come out of worshipful response to divine revelation demonstrating the social nature of the Trinity and God's incorporating the human creature in His own sociality and personal pluralism. The perfect social union between God and the man and woman that he had created was disrupted by human sin. God redeemed the fallen creature, and at the heart of this redemptive experience lies the doctrine of Holy Trinity, with the Holy Spirit as the communing agent of all the experiences of salvation. The Spirit is especially active in the provision and fulfillment of sanctification, which is presented here as the continuum of 'holiness-unity-love'. He produces the graces of the Holy Spirit – the fruit of the Spirit. He implants the Seed of the new birth which is the word of God. He purifies by the blood of Jesus. He establishes union and communion among believers and with God through His Son Jesus. This is holiness.

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