The Living Word of God: Rethinking the Theology of the Bible - Softcover

Ben Witherington III (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1602581924 ISBN 13: 9781602581920

Publisher: Baylor University Press, 2009

Synopsis

In this final installment of his trilogy on the central ordinances of the Christian faith (baptism, the Lord's Supper, and the proclamation of God's Word), Ben Witherington asks: What does it mean to call the Bible "God's word"? In doing so, he takes on other recent studies which downplay the connection between history and theology, or between historical accuracy and truth claims. The Bible is not merely to be viewed as a Word about God, Witherington argues. Instead, he says, the Bible exhorts us to see the Bible as a living Word from God.

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About the Author

Ben Witherington III is Professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies, Asbury Theological Seminary. His publications include Troubled Waters: Rethinking the Theology of Baptism (2007), Making a Meal of It: Rethinking the Theology of the Lord's Supper (2007), What's in the Word: Rethinking the Socio-Rhetorical Character of the New Testament (2009), and The Problem with Evangelical Theology: Testing the Exegetical Foundations of Calvinism, Dispensationalism, Wesleyanism, and Pentecostalism, Revised and Expanded Edition (2015).

Edition details

• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1602581924
• ISBN 13: 9781602581920
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 291