DR. NORMAN GEISLER
VOLUME ONE
INTRODUCTION
BIBLE
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Systematic Theology, Volume One
Copyright © 2002
Norman L. Geisler
Senior Editor: Steven R. Laube
Managing Editor: Julie Smith
Content Editor: Christopher Soderstrom
Copy Editor: Nancy Renich
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Cover Design: Eric Walljasper
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Indexing Services: Bruce Tracy
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Volume One: Introduction, Bible (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 978-0-7642-2551-2
ISBN-10: 0-7642-2551-0
Volume Two: God, Creation (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 978-0-7642-2552-9
ISBN-10: 0-7642-2552-9
Volume Three: Sin, Salvation (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 978-0-7642-2553-6
ISBN-10: 0-7642-2553-7
Volume Four: Ecclesiology, Eschatology (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 978-0-7642-2554-3
ISBN-10: 0-7642-2554-5
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Geisler, Norman L.
Systematic theology : volume one : introduction, Bible / by Norman Geisler.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-7642-2551-0 (alk. paper)
1. Theology, Doctrinal 2. Bible—Introductions. I. Title.
BT75.3 .G45 2002
230'.04624—dc21
2002000913
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
PART TWO: BIBLE
Three persons deserve special recognition for the final state of this volume.
First, my wife, Barbara, has provided detailed and meticulous proofing of the entire manuscript.
Likewise, my assistant, Jason Reed, has done voluminous research for citations from the great teachers of the church.
Finally, Christopher Soderstrom of Bethany House has performed dedicated, ...
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About Systematic Theology, Volume One: Introduction, BibleIn this first volume, Dr. Geisler explains and defends the philosophical essentials—the preconditions—that make Christian belief possible and viable. His extensive examination of these preconditions includes the metaphysical, the supernatural, the revelational, the rational, the semantical, the epistemological, the oppositional, the linguistic, the hermeneutic, the historical and the methodological. Geisler also discusses the inescapability of truth, the nature of revelation, and guidelines for interpretation. Part Two covers the origin of the Scriptures, its inspiration, divine nature and inerrancy, how Jesus and the early church regarded and used the Bible, and how various Christian traditions have viewed the Bible. He looks at the biblical, historical and theological aspects of Christian doctrine, offering scholarly arguments for the historicity of both the Old and New Testament canons. This volume is clearly one of the most embracing defenses of the evangelical view of Holy Scripture available. |
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