tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20277527.post115443734593226607..comments2023-07-28T07:13:03.542-05:00Comments on BIBLIA THEOLOGICA: Does Belief Have Any Function in Scholarship?abcanedayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671418539630398806noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20277527.post-1156365617918049152006-08-23T15:40:00.000-05:002006-08-23T15:40:00.000-05:00Thanks for the good post here and for the good blo...Thanks for the good post here and for the good blog, Dr. Caneday. Al Mohler has made a good critique, exposing the fact that "faith-based Bible study" is no more presupposition-laden than unbelief: unbelief, is, in fact, belief! That's critical to see.<BR/><BR/>Bird also assumes, of course, that the task of understanding the Bible is wholly a one-way road--we come to the text and determine meaning. Rather I believe that since it is revelation, biblical interpretation is two-way: God must give us eyes to see and ears to hear. While without this gift we may be able to do "scholarship" regarding the Bible--many do--it is ultimately as effective as trying to read a letter while refusing to ask the writer of it why it was written. (I may be able to deconstruct the letter grammatically, but I will not comprehend its true significance).<BR/><BR/>The point, then, is that the Holy Spirit is critical to biblical scholarship. Bird believes (!) that believing in an author behind a "letter" compromises objective, scholarly interpretation of that letter. I believe it can't fruitfully be done without it. <BR/><BR/>Blessings on your continued labors.Dane Ortlundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17583355241279798089noreply@blogger.com