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Title: Inspiration and Incarnation

Subtitle: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament

Author: Peter Enns

Narrator: David Colacci

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-28-17

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary:

How can an evangelical view of Scripture be reconciled with modern biblical scholarship? In this book Peter Enns, an expert in biblical interpretation, addresses Old Testament phenomena that challenge traditional evangelical perspectives on Scripture. He then suggests a way forward, proposing an incarnational model of biblical inspiration that takes seriously both the divine and the human aspects of Scripture.

Members Reviews:

Worth reading

Good read. Interesting proposal of the Bible being compared to Jesus's incarnation. All analogies fall short, but this is a good perspective that keeps scripture in it's place as God's Word while explaining archaeology and historical discoveries. I especially liked the end when the author addressed critics responses to his thesis.

Intriguing to say the least

I felt like I had cold water thrown in my face. Peter Enn's book challenges me to read/interpret the bible honestly and at the same time explains why I see Christians debate and split over various miniscule issues. Refreshing.

Excellent presentation.

Excellent presentation!! Enns discards the dogma allowing scripture to truly "talk" to us.

Not bad

It is not a bad book, but I was expecting more.

An Irenic Solution to the Bible Wars

Some days you feel like the rope in a tug-of-war when you're a devout Christian with an interest in scholarship. From the right, the conservative school pulls mightily with inerrant force, insisting that you are sliding down the slippery slope to perdition if you think the Bible contains anything that cannot be upheld by the best in modern science and historiography. From the left, the modern scholarship team aims to win with cunning calculation, confident that well-aimed blows at the historical and scientific accuracy of the Bible will crumple the edifice of orthodox Christianity.

Into the contest steps Pete Enns, professor of biblical studies at Eastern University, with the observation that both sides do agree on something quite notable: they both agree on the premise that Holy Scripture should conform to modern standards of historical and scientific accuracy as proof of its truth and inspiration. But why, Enns insists, must we accept that premise? God incarnate was a Palestinian rabbi who fully participated in the culture of his day. He broke bread; he didn't slice it. He wore sandals, not wing tips. He never heard of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle nor learned the math behind the Schroedinger equation. And yet by faith we look past the rough exterior of Christ's earthly existence to see God's very presence in his marvelous life, death and resurrection. Likewise, says Enns, the Bible bears all the typical cultural marks of ancient middle Eastern Jewish writers. They did not have receive divine revelation in a cultural vacuum.