«Because the NIV was introduced about 30 years ago, the translation needed to be refreshed to reflect
advances in biblical scholarship and changes in English usage,» said committee member Karen H. Jobes, associate professor of New Testament at Westmont College near Santa Barbara, California.
And it's unlike any other book I've ever written, for in addition to the memoir, it includes original poetry, short stories, soliloquies, and even a short screenplay — all aimed at capturing the wonder and beauty of Scripture, while honoring the
best in biblical scholarship and acknowledging the challenges of its most difficult passages.
In The Evolution of Adam, you'll find accessible introductions to everything from source criticism to the New Perspective on Paul, which will make you feel oh - so - caught - up on all the important
trends in biblical scholarship.
As a result, the great
figures in biblical scholarship leading up to the beginning of the 20th century have at the heart of their work certain philosophical presuppositions born out of the Enlightenment:
On the apocalyptic generally, it's a much debated
term in biblical scholarship (it originates there, as it describes various passages in the book of Daniel, attributed to Jesus in the gospels and of course the book of Revelation).
In drawing up the «schemata» that would be discussed by the council fathers, they aimed at raising to the level of permanently binding Catholic doctrine the broad rejection of modern developments
in biblical scholarship and theology that had been the norm in Rome since the modernist crisis at the beginning of the twentieth century.