The authority and interpretation of the Bible : an historical approach /

Rogers, Jack, 1934-2016.

The authority and interpretation of the Bible : an historical approach / by Jack B. Rogers & Donald K. McKim. - First edition. - xxiv, 484 pages.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

pt. 1 Classical roots: developing understandings of the foundation, form, and function of Scripture -- Common theological foundations in the early church and the Middle Ages -- Concentration on the Bible's saving function during the Reformation -- Concern for literary form in the post-Reformation period -- Shifts from concentration on function to the concern for form in Great Britain -- pt. 2 Contemporary response: Reformed scholasticism in America and the recovery of alternatives in the Reformation tradition -- The development of Reformed scholasticism in America -- The defense of Reformed scholasticism in America -- Evangelical reactions to Reformed scholasticism -- Recent efforts to recover the Reformed tradition -- Conclusions: recovering the foundations of the central Christian tradition.

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Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--History.
Bible--Evidences, authority, etc.--History.


Reformed Church--Doctrines--History.

BS500 / .R63 1979

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