Bible Interpretation, Student Workbook, SW05

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B I B L E I N T E R P R E T A T I O N

3. The authors were foreknown and chosen by God, and guided in their writing of the text (e.g., Jeremiah, Jer. 1.5).

4. Reactions to the Verbal-Plenary Theory

a. Answers credibly the issue of human and divine authorship

b. Concentrates on the entirety of the text, including the words

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c. How could finite, culture-bound human elements be described as the unchanging and eternal Word of God?

F. Final issues

1. The Holy Spirit carried the authors along, 2 Pet. 1.20-21.

2. The Scriptures (the result of the carrying along) are all, therefore, “breathed out” by God, 2 Tim. 3.16-17.

III. Biblical Criticism and the Origins of the Bible: From Event to Story to Text

A. The issue: the evolution of the text

1. How did the Bible come to us? What were the steps that led us to have our present translations of the Bible?