Tag Archives: Human Nature

July 1, 2008

Point; Counterpoint: Biblical Translation– also tagged Bible Translation, Biblical Authors, Biblical Scholars, Biblical Translation, Clauses, Contention, Grammatical Analysis, Legwork, Literal Translation, Motivations, Nasb, Nlv, Nrsv, Point Counterpoint, Proper Distance, Quot, Readi, Totality, Worldviews

This week’s "Point; Counterpoint" comes from Jim West and Richard A. Rhodes on Bible translation. West makes the contention that translations should be "woody" and goes so far as to say, "[they] are better because they maintain the proper distance between ourselves and the Biblical authors." Rhodes strongly disagrees with this sentiment in his reaction [...]

March 31, 2008

More on the Enns Controversy– also tagged Ancient Myth, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Scholarship, Blogosphere, Blogsearch, Central Tenets, Evangelicals, Evil Foe, Fleeting Interest, Google, Historiography, Incarnation, Old Testament, Paul Helm, Peter Enns, Premodern, Provisional Nature, Technorati, Theologians

I, like a lot of the Christian side of the blogosphere, have taken more than a fleeting interest in the Enns/Westminster controversy.
For a run down of what the hub-ub is all about, check out Kingdom People :: The Peter Enns Controversy:

Enns has been criticized for emphasizing the human nature of Scripture over against [...]