PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
This book proposes to introduce and discuss the relationship between
historical criticism and Christian theology, in the hope of addressing
the relative paucity of evangelical engagement with historical-critical
scholarship.
Chris Hays and Chris Ansberry engage in the courageous task of showing
how evangelical scholars can soberly address the hot-potato issues in
biblical scholarship, even appropriate many critical insights, without
selling out on what evangelicals traditionally believe. The contributors
systematically address big topics like Pentateuchal criticism,
pseudepigraphy and canon, problems with prophecy, the historical Jesus,
and exemplify what it means to practice a form of 'faithful criticism'
when it comes to the Bible. This is the type of discussion on faith and
criticism that evangelical scholarship has needed for years. Thankfully,
an intellectually rigours and theologically sensitive approach to these
matters is finally upon us!