The authority and interpretation of the Bible :

Rogers, Jack, 1934-2016

The authority and interpretation of the Bible : an historical approach / Jack Rogers; Donald K McKim. - 1st ed. - San Francisco : Harper & Row, c1979. - xxiv, 484 p. ; 24 cm.

pt. 1 Classical roots: developing understandings of the foundation, form, and function of Scripture --
Common theological foundations in the early church and the Middle Ages --
Concentration on the Bible's saving function during the Reformation --
Concern for literary form in the post-Reformation period --
Shifts from concentration on function to the concern for form in Great Britain --
pt. 2 Contemporary response: Reformed scholasticism in America and the recovery of alternatives in the Reformation tradition --
The development of Reformed scholasticism in America --
The defense of Reformed scholasticism in America --
Evangelical reactions to Reformed scholasticism --
Recent efforts to recover the Reformed tradition --
Conclusions: recovering the foundations of the central Christian tradition.

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Bible-- History. --Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible --History. --Evidences, authority, etc.
Bible.

BS500 / .R64 1979