The series is designeed to be a critical and historical commentary to the Bible.
This book is intended to help those who are not persuaded by the "conservative" (their own preferred self-designation is "evangelicals") and their doctrine of total and plenary inerrancy, to formulate a view of the inspiration of Scripture that will allow the Bible to continue to plau a meaningful role in their lives.
Christians generally agree that the Scriptures are inspired and that this doctrine is of basic importance. But how is the doctrine of inspiration to be understood and what does it mean for our Christian faith? Paul Achtemeier shows how recent knowledge of the way the Scriptures were formed raises problems in regard to the traditional understanding of inspiration. In response, he presents possib…