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Inspiration: Towards a Christian Interpretation of Biblical Inspiration anchors its study of inspiration firmly in the Scriptures and examines the inspired nature of the Bible and its inspiring impact. Gerald O'Collins begins by examining classical view of inspiration expounded by Karl Barth and Raymond Collins. He takes up the inspired origin of the Old Testament, where earlier books helped to inspire later books, before moving to the New Testament, which throughout shows the inspiring impact of the inherited ScripturesDLboth in direct citations and in many echoes. The work then investigates the Bible's inspiring influence on Christian worship, preaching, teaching, the visual arts, literature, and life. After a chapter that clarifies the interrelationship between divine revelation, tradition, and inspiration, two chapters expound ten characteristics of biblical inspiration, with special emphasis on the inspiring quality of the Bible. O'Collins explains a major consequence of inspiration, biblical truth, and the grounds on which the Church 'canonized' the Scriptures. After spelling out three approaches to biblical interpretation (the authorial intention, the role of readers, and the primacy of the text itself), the book ends by setting out ten principles for engaging theologically with the Scriptures. An epilogue highlights two achievements of the book. By carefully distinguishing inspiration from divine revelation and biblical truth, it can deliver readers from false problems. This work also underlines the inspiring effects of the Scriptures as part of the Holy Spirit's work of inspiration.

Table of Contents:
List of Abbreviations 1: The Inspiration of the Bible: Two Accounts 2: Four Old Testament Books as Inspired and Inspiring 3: The New Testament as Inspired by the Old Testament 4: The Reception and Inspiring History of the Scriptures 5: Revelation, Tradition, and Inspiration 6: The Inspired Scriptures: Formation, Content, and Five Characteristics 7: Five More Characteristics of Biblical Inspiration 8: The Truth and 'Canonization' of the Scriptures 9: Three 'Intentions' to Respect 10: Ten Principles for Theologians Interpreting the Scriptures Epilogue An Appendix: Critiquing the Sensational Select Bibliography Index of Names Biblical Index

About the Author :
After studies at the University of Melbourne and at the University of Cambridge, where he was a research fellow at Pembroke College, Gerald O'Collins taught at the Gregorian University, Rome from 1973 to 2006 and was also Dean of the Theology Faculty 1985-91. Known around the world as a lecturer and visiting professor, he has authored or co-authored seventy books, including thirteen with Oxford University Press. As well as receiving numerous honorary doctorates and other awards, in 2006 he was created a Companion of the General Division of the Order of Australia (AC), the highest civil honour granted through the Australian government.

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O'Collins' work deserves a careful reading from Catholics and Protestants for its coordination of pneumatology, Christology and bibliology. Discerning Protestants, especially, can benefit from O'Collins' sustained emphasis on the Spirit's role in our interpretive work. Keep no one from celebrating the gift O'Collins has provided in this panoramic view of a landscape that is too often insufficiently explored. This timely work is an excellent introduction to theological study of the Bible for theologians, theologically oriented biblical scholars and readers interested in a theological framing of biblical reception. O'Collins has helpfully drawn attention to a theme that has been overlooked for too long. [O'Collins] has now provided the essential "go to" resource for scholars and students of the Bible on this crucial and complicated topic. This masterly treatment...brings together a lifetime of learning in biblical and systematic theology. The style is elegant and economic...This is interdisciplinary theology at its best...a real gem, which deserves to have a significant impact in the Church, and especially in the scholarly community. a penetrating and stimulating account of the Christian doctrine that the Bible is inspired by the Holy Spirit an outstanding book,...treating a topic of immense (and neglected) importance with all his accustomed erudition-worn, as ever, with enviable lightness


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780198836773
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press
  • Height: 193 mm
  • No of Pages: 240
  • Spine Width: 15 mm
  • Weight: 262 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0198836775
  • Publisher Date: 27 May 2021
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Towards a Christian Interpretation of Biblical Inspiration
  • Width: 129 mm


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