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Two (or More) Kinds Of Scripture Scholarship
Author(s) -
Plantinga Alvin
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
modern theology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.144
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1468-0025
pISSN - 0266-7177
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0025.00066
Subject(s) - scholarship , citation , philosophy , theology , epistemology , computer science , library science , law , political science
'higher criticism,' 'historical criticism,' 'biblical criticism,' or 'historical biblical criticism' (HBC). An enlightenment project; an effort to understand Biblical books from the standpoint that relies on reason. Spinoza: "The rule for [biblical] interpretation should be nothing but the natural light of reason which is common to all--not any supernatural light nor any external authority" (Theologico-Political Tractate, 14).
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