Loading…

Rendering the Word in Theological Hermeneutics: Mapping Divine and Human Agency is unavailable, but you can change that!

What is the relationship between divine and human agency in the interpretation of Scripture? Differing schools of thought often fail to address this key question, overemphasizing or ignoring one or the other. When the divine inspiration of Scripture is overemphasized, the varied roles of human authors tend to become muted in our approach the text. Conversely, when we think of the Bible almost...

Fig. 6.2. The Flow of Theological Rhetorical Hermeneutics This way of representing the event of theological hermeneutics encourages us to do fuller justice to the fundamental character of divine agency in our thinking about theological hermeneutics. It presents us with the ubiquity of divine agency that permeates all aspects of biblical hermeneutics; the infinite and universal dimension of the trinitarian self-announcement to which Holy Scripture serves. We will briefly comment on each aspect.
Page 239
Buy this book at Logos.com