A Clear and Present Word: The Clarity of Scripture (Volume 21) (New Studies in Biblical Theology)

Thompson, Mark D.

ISBN 10: 083082622X / ISBN 13: 9780830826223

Published by IVP Academic, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Clear and Present Word: The Clarity of Scripture (Volume 21) (New Studies in Biblical Theology)
• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 083082622X
• ISBN 13: 9780830826223
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

By almost any measure, a bold and confident use of the Bible is a hallmark of Christianity. Underlying such use are a number of assumptions about the origin, nature and form of the biblical literature, concerning its authority, diversity and message.

However, a lack of confidence in the clarity or perspicuity of Scripture is apparent in Western Christianity. Despite recent, sophisticated analyses, the doctrine is ignored or derided by many. While there is a contemporary feel to these responses, the debate itself is not new.

In this New Studies in Biblical Theology volume, Mark Thompson surveys past and present objections to the clarity of Scripture; expounds the living God as the Guarantor of his accessible, written Word; engages with the hermeneutical challenges and restates the doctrine for today.

Addressing key issues in biblical theology, the works comprising New Studies in Biblical Theology are creative attempts to help Christians better understand their Bibles. The NSBT series is edited by D. A. Carson, aiming to simultaneously instruct and to edify, to interact with current scholarship and to point the way ahead.

About the Authors

Mark D. Thompson is Academic Dean and lecturer in theology and church history at Moore Theological College in Sydney, Australia. His Ph.D., on Luther's doctrine of Scripture, is published as A Sure Ground on Which to Stand. He is coeditor of The Gospel to the Nations.

D. A. Carson is research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois.