Tag Archives: Peter Enns
- July 22, 2008
- Enns on the Question of Myth– also tagged Christians, Embedded, Genesis, Historians, Historical Events, Incarnation, Inspiration, Mythologies Of The Ancient World, Origins, Premodern, Shorthand, Suggestion, The Bible, Truth, Word Myth
I like the way Peter Enns articulates the problem of myth and biblical studies, especially given our discussions on the term.
The Following is from Page 40 of Inspiration and Incarnation:
Christians recoil from any suggestion that Genesis is in any way embedded in the mythologies of the ancient world. On one level this is understandable. After [...]
- June 11, 2008
- Definging Inerrancy– also tagged Bible Inerrancy, Divine Origin, Doctor Who, Dr Peter, God, God S Word, Hot Spring, Hot Water, Inerrancy, Inspiration, Thumbnail
Dr. Peter Enns (yes the doctor who got into so much hot water this past spring over inerrancy and inspiration etc.) gives this definition to inerrancy,
I affirm that I am committed to the Bible’s inerrancy as a function of its divine origin. If I may offer a thumbnail definition, the Bible as it is is [...]
- 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, Human Nature, Incarnation, Old Testament, Paul Helm, 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 [...]