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The disciplines of biblical studies and theology should serve each other, and they should serve both the church and the academy together. But the relationship between them is often marked by misunderstandings, methodological differences, and cross-discipline tension. New Testament scholar Scot McKnight here highlights five things he wishes theologians knew about biblical studies. In a companion...

often want to emphasize is that the Bible needs to challenge our locations if the Bible is going to do its own work. This is all a matter of lovingly listening to the text, about which I will say more.5 But how does one listen to the text in a loving manner?6 How does one acquire a reliable, accurate reading of the Bible’s own text? How does a biblical scholar contest the approach of the systematician or a political approach to reading the Bible? I suggest two impulses in models for doing theology,
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