Biblical Knowing - A Scriptural Epistemology of Error

In this work, Dru Johnson reconsiders epistemology with the tool of biblical theology: an approach to knowledge as developed in Genesis 2 and explored throughout the Tanakh (i.e., the Old Testament) and New Testament

List of contents

Foreword by Craig Bartholomew Acknowledgements Introduction 1 How Should We Conceive of Knowledge and Error? 2 Knowing in the Garden: Genesis 2 3 Error in the Garden: Genesis 3 4 Erroneous Knowing in Exodus and Beyond 5 Knowing under the Prophet-Messiah: Mark, Luke, and John 6 Scientific Epistemology, Wisdom, and the Epistles 7 Broad Reality and Contemporary Epistemology 8 Analytic Theology and Biblical Scholarship 9 Implications for Theologians and the Church Bibliography Index

Summary

A rigorous examination of the epistemological issues raised by Scripture, and how the biblical approach to human knowledge compares with that of modern philosophy.

Product details

• Authors: Dru Johnson
• Publisher: James Clarke & Co Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.08.2014
• EAN: 9780227174388
• ISBN: 978-0-227-17438-8
• No. of pages: 262
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 231 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 376 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works