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BL
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659760
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dltt
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| Main Entry
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Sparks, Kenton L.
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| Title & Author
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God's word in human words : : an evangelical appropriation of critical biblical scholarship /\ Kenton L. Sparks.
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| Publication Statement
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Grand Rapids, Mich. :: Baker Academic,, ©2008.
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415 pages ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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9780801027017 (pbk.)
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: 0801027012 (pbk.)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-394) and indexes.
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| Contents
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Epistemology and hermeneutics -- Historical criticism and assyriology -- The problem of biblical criticism -- "Traditional" responses to biblical criticism -- Constructive responses to biblical criticism -- The genres of human discourse -- The genres of divine discourse -- The context of the whole and biblical interpretation -- Negotiating the context of the whole -- Biblical criticism and Christian theology.
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| Abstract
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The conclusions of critical biblical scholarship often pose a disconcerting challenge to traditional Christian faith. Between the two poles of uncritical embrace and outright rejection of these conclusions, is there a third way? Can evangelical believers incorporate the insights of biblical criticism while at the same time maintaining a high view of Scripture and a vital faith? Kenton Sparks argues that the insights from historical and biblical criticism can be valuable to evangelicals and may yield solutions to difficult issues in biblical studies while avoiding pat answers. This constructive response to biblical criticism includes taking seriously both the divine and the human aspects of the Bible and acknowledging the diversity that exists in the biblical texts. --From publisher's description.
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Evangelicalism.
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Bible-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.-- History.
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| LC Classification
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BS500.S597 2008
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