Inspiration and Incarnation : Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament

by Enns, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780801027307
• ISBN10: 0801027306
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-01
• Publisher: Baker Academic

Summary

- Argues for a more "biblical" doctrine of Scripture- Written in an accessible style

Author Biography

Peter Enns (Ph.D., Harvard University) is professor of Old Testament and biblical hermeneutics at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia. He is the author of Poetry and Wisdom, Exodus Retold, and Exodus (in the NIV Application Commentary series).

Table of Contents

Preface	9	(2)
Abbreviations	11	(2)
1. Getting Our Bearings	13	(10)
What I Hope to Accomplish in This Book
A Way toward Addressing the Problem: The Incarnational Analogy
2. The Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Literature	23	(48)
The Impact of Akkadian Literature
Some Other Ancient Near Eastern Texts
What Exactly Is the Problem?
How Have These Issues Been Handled in the Past?
How Can We Think Differently through These Issues?
How Does This Affect Us?
3. The Old Testament and Theological Diversity	71	(42)
The Problem of Theological Diversity in the Old Testament
Diversity in Wisdom Literature
Diversity in Chronicles
Diversity in Law
God and Diversity
What Does Diversity Tell Us about Scripture?
4. The Old Testament and Its Interpretation in the New Testament	113	(54)
Do New Testament Authors Misuse the Old Testament?
Biblical Interpretation in the Second Temple Period
Apostolic Hermeneutics as a Second Temple Phenomenon: Interpretive Methods
Apostolic Hermeneutics as a Second Temple Phenomenon: Interpretive Traditions
What Makes Apostolic Hermeneutics Unique?
Should We Handle the Old Testament the Way the Apostles Did?
What We Can Learn from Apostolic Hermeneutics
5. The Big Picture	167	(8)
What Is the Bible, and What Are We Supposed to Do with It?
Continuing the Conversation: Learning to Listen
Glossary	175	(12)
Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Writings	187	(6)
Index of Subjects	193