Posts Tagged ‘Canon’

  • History or Theology: the Bible as a document

    Mar 18, 11 • Reading2 Comments
    History or Theology: the Bible as a document

    Gavin in his post “Mrs. God” linked to my recent podcasts about Yahweh’s wife, he notes one area for discussion: I’m a bit worried about the distinction Tim makes between a historically married god and a theological entity who wasn’t, but it’ll be interesting to see where it all leads. To respond in this podcast [&hellip...

  • Text, canon, and the woman caught in adultery

    Nov 28, 07 • Canon, John, Textual criticismComments Off on Text, canon, and the woman caught in adultery
    Text,  canon, and the woman caught in adultery

    The pericope in John 7:53-8:11 is a fascinating test case in the interaction of text criticism and canon. Both the history of canon, and textual criticism seem dull and unexciting. Yet here they combine into a detective story or a theological conundrum that contributes to making the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy conflict with most [&hellip...