The Word of a Humble God
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The Word of a Humble God

The Origins, Inspiration, and Interpretation of Scripture

Karen R. Keen

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The Word of a Humble God

The Origins, Inspiration, and Interpretation of Scripture

Karen R. Keen

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About This Book

"Scripture is a spring of life-giving, life-altering truth, but when we don't understand how and why it came to us, we end up misusing it."

How did we get the Bible? And why does it matter? History reveals that Scripture can be used for both life-giving and destructive purposes. Discovering the Bible's origins makes all the difference for fostering redemptive interpretation of Scripture. Bringing together both historical criticism and theology, this investigation examines ancient scribal culture through the lens of faith. What we find is a divine-human collaboration that points to the character of God and the value of human agency.

In this concise presentation of a breadth of scholarship usually only found across multiple volumes, Karen Keen offers a vital introduction to the material origins of the Bible, theories of inspiration, and the history of biblical interpretation—with reflections on what this all means for us as we read Scripture today. Through the ins and outs of these important topics, and with the aid of thought-provoking questions and learning activities at the end of each chapter, Keen argues that the Bible and its origins reveal a humble God who invites us to imitate that humility—a humility that is itself the most powerful antidote to the misinterpretation and abuse of Scripture.

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Publisher
Eerdmans
Year
2022
ISBN
9781467465342
Topic
Theologie & Religion
Subtopic
Bibelkritik & -auslegung

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword by Michael Graves
  6. Introduction
  7. Part 1: The Making of the Bible
  8. Part 2: Inspiration
  9. Part 3: Interpretation
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. Notes
  12. Select Bibliography of Recommended Reading
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APA 6 Citation

Keen, K. (2022). The Word of a Humble God ([edition unavailable]). Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/3471987/the-word-of-a-humble-god-the-origins-inspiration-and-interpretation-of-scripture-pdf (Original work published 2022)

Chicago Citation

Keen, Karen. (2022) 2022. The Word of a Humble God. [Edition unavailable]. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. https://www.perlego.com/book/3471987/the-word-of-a-humble-god-the-origins-inspiration-and-interpretation-of-scripture-pdf.

Harvard Citation

Keen, K. (2022) The Word of a Humble God. [edition unavailable]. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/3471987/the-word-of-a-humble-god-the-origins-inspiration-and-interpretation-of-scripture-pdf (Accessed: 15 October 2022).

MLA 7 Citation

Keen, Karen. The Word of a Humble God. [edition unavailable]. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2022. Web. 15 Oct. 2022.