Holy Scripture: A Dogmatic Sketch

Product Description


John Webster argues that, whereas any understanding of scripture must be subject to appropriate textual and historical interrogation, it is also necessary to acknowledge the special character of scriptural writing. His book strongly reaffirms that the triune God is at the core of a scripture-based Christianity. Written with intellectual enthusiasm by a theologian who understands the currents of modern secular thought, the volume develops a constructive position on biblical authority.


Review


"[A] firecracker, primed to explode those pitiful suppositions about Scripture with which many biblical scholars and theologians 'from below' currently operate." C. Clifton Black, Princeton Theological Seminary, Theology Today

...this is a thought-provoking book by a mature theologian with a coherent thesis to defend. It cannot be skimmed; it must be read slowly and pondered, and there is much to gain from it." D.A. Carson, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Trinity Journal


Book Description


May we speak, in the present age, of holy scripture? John Webster argues that while any understanding of scripture must subject it to proper textual and historical interrogation, it is also necessary to acknowledge the special character of scriptural writing. His book is a loud reaffirmation of the triune God at the heart of a scripture-based Christianity, but it is written with intellectual rigour by a theologian who understands the currents of modern secular thought and is able to work from them towards a constructive position on biblical authority.


About the Author


John Webster is Professor of Systematic Theology, University of Aberdeen. He is the editor of the International Journal of Systematic Theology.