Systematic Theology Vol. 1 : Introduction/Bible

by Geisler, Norman L.

• ISBN13: 9780764225512
• ISBN10: 0764225510
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Bethany House

Summary

This stand-alone, in-depth reference work is the culmination of the author's thirty-plus years of study, teaching, and research. The extensive Part One, Introduction--or preconditions--sets this work apart from other systematic theologies available today. Here Geisler examines the realities of the Christian faith including the existence of God, inescapability of truth, the nature of revelation, and guidelines for interpretation. Part Two, Bible, presents the origin of the Scripture, its inspiration, inerrancy, and much more.

Author Biography

Dr. Norman L. Geisler is author or coauthor of some fifty books and hundreds of articles. He has taught at the university and graduate level for over forty years and has spoken, traveled, or debated in all fifty states and in twenty-five countries. He holds a B.A. and an M.A. from Wheaton College, a Th.B. from William Tyndale College and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Loyola University. He is cofounder and longtime dean of Southern Evangelical Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Table of Contents

Part One: Introduction (Prolegomena)
Introduction	15	(3)
God: The Metaphysical Precondition	18	(25)
Miracles: The Supernatural Precondition	43	(21)
Revelation: The Revelational Precondition	64	(17)
Logic: The Rational Precondition	81	(17)
Meaning: The Semantical Precondition	98	(11)
Truth: The Epistemological Precondition	109	(17)
Exclusivism: The Oppositional Precondition	126	(11)
Language: The Linguistic Precondition	137	(23)
Interpretation: The Hermeneutical Precondition	160	(21)
Historiography: The Historical Precondition	181	(24)
Method: The Methodological Precondition	205	(24)
Part Two: Bible (Bibliology)
I. Section One: Biblical
The Origin and Inspiration of the Bible	229	(15)
The Divine Nature of the Bible	244	(9)
The Human Nature of the Bible	253	(13)
Jesus and the Bible	266	(16)
II. Section Two: Historical
Church Fathers on the Bible	282	(15)
The Historical Church on the Bible	297	(18)
The History of Destructive Biblical Criticism	315	(35)
Liberalism on the Bible	350	(17)
Neo-Orthodoxy on the Bible	367	(21)
Neo-Evangelicals on the Bible	388	(21)
Evangelicals on the Bible	409	(20)
Fundamentalism on the Bible	429	(9)
III. Section Three: Theological
The Historicity of the Old Testament	438	(23)
The Historicity of the New Testament	461	(33)
The Inerrancy of the Bible	494	(20)
The Canonicity of the Bible	514	(27)
Summary of the Evidence for the Bible	541	(49)
Appendices
Appendix One: Objections Against Theistic Arguments	565	(20)
Appendix Two: Do Historical Facts Speak for Themselves?	585	(5)
Bibliography	590	(9)
Scripture Index	599	(6)
Subject Index	605