Inspiration and Canonicity of the Bible: An Historical and Exegetical Study
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Extremely helpful and so I highly recommend this volume. The section on inspiration is straight forward and accessible while the section on the less known subject of canonicity is enlightening.
A clear, concise defense of plenary verbal inspiration R. Laird Harris’s “Inspiration and Canonicity of the Bible” is a classical defense of the historical Christian doctrines of the plenary verbal inspiration and the canonicity of Scripture. Although these issues have been widely discussed and defenses of the historical view abound, none is any better than is Harris’s in terms of straightforwardness of its argument and its lucidity. Written in nontechnical language, it is easy for the layperson to understand. At the same time, its arguments have…
A CHURCHMAN AND SCHOLAR LOOKS IN DETAIL AT THESE ISSUES Robert Laird Harris (1911-2008) was a Presbyterian minister (including leadership positions in the Presbyterian Church of America, the Bible Presbyterian Church, and the Presbyterian Church in America) and Old Testament scholar. He also helped found the Covenant Theological Seminary, and was chairman of the Old Testament department until he retired in 1981, then taught as an adjunct professor of Old Testament at Knox Theological Seminary. He wrote other books such as…