Open AccessGod se brug na die mens: iets goddeliks of iets mensliks?
Author(s) -
Jurie le Roux
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
verbum et ecclesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.386
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2074-7705
pISSN - 1609-9982
DOI - 10.4102/ve.v15i1.1080
Subject(s) - philosophy , theology , revelation , scholarship , articulation (sociology) , law , political science , politics
Bridging the gap between God and man: something divine or human? This article highlights some aspects of Heyns view of Scripture. It is stated that Heyns was so overwhelmed by Gods revelation that the divine element of Scripture was overemphasized while the human side was neglected. This one-sided articulation of the divine prevented Heyns from either incorporating or addressing the results of critical Bible study. It is my contention that dogmatic reflection on Scripture can only be useful to the Biblical scholar if the results of critical scholarship are taken into account. This point is illustrated in the last section of this article