How the Bible Actually Works
- 304 Seiten
- 11 Lesestunden
Bible scholar Peter Enns explains that the Bible is not an instruction manual or rule book but a powerful learning tool for cultivating God's wisdom.
Peter Enns ist ein Professor für biblische Studien, der untersucht, wie biblische Texte entstanden sind und wie sie heute verstanden werden. Seine Arbeit befasst sich mit den komplexen Beziehungen zwischen Glauben, Wissenschaft und Geschichte und sucht nach neuen Perspektiven auf traditionelle Lehren. Enns schreibt zugänglich, um Lesern zu helfen, die Bibel und ihren Platz in der modernen Welt besser zu verstehen. Sein Ziel ist es, tiefere Reflexionen über heilige Schriften und ihre Interpretation anzuregen.






Bible scholar Peter Enns explains that the Bible is not an instruction manual or rule book but a powerful learning tool for cultivating God's wisdom.
"The author of How the Bible Actually Works and The Bible Tells Me So explains how our model of God and faith must evolve as our understanding of the world deepens--just as the Bible describes it should"--
Bible scholar and author of The Bible Tells Me So Peter Enns explains how Christians mistake 'certainty' and 'correct belief' for faith when what God really desires is trust and intimacy.
How can an evangelical view of Scripture be reconciled with modern biblical scholarship? In this book Peter Enns, an expert in biblical interpretation, addresses Old Testament phenomena that challenge traditional evangelical perspectives on Scripture. He then suggests a way forward, proposing an incarnational model of biblical inspiration that takes seriously both the divine and the human aspects of Scripture. This tenth anniversary edition has an updated bibliography and includes a substantive postscript that reflects on the reception of the first edition.
Bible scholar Peter Enns recounts his spiritual odyssey: how he came to see beyond restrictive doctrine and learned to embrace God's Word as it is actually written.
The widely-held evolutionary view of beginnings doesn't allow for a historical Adam. This book helps Christians reconcile the teachings of the Bible and evolution.