> Denis wrote to Justin:
>
> <<This question obviously makes me realize you have failed to grasp the
> thrust of my challenge to Jim Bell. My point is simply that it is not
> possible to operate without extra-biblical justifications/categories. The
> Bible is not a text of epistemology.>>
>
> But Denis, Justin and I have been waiting for you to give a positive account
> of your hermeneutics. Would you mind telling us please how a Christian should
> approach the Word of God? Are you a syntheticist a la Barth? A pneumaticist, a
> la the early church fathers? A subjectivist? Existentialist? Historical
> critic? Process-metaphysician (a la John Cobb)? What? What are YOUR categories
> and approaches? Some clarification would be appreciated!
Dear Jim,
I must admit I am shocked! I would have expected a comment like this from
Justin because he seems to be new to the reflector. But from you?!?!
After the debates with regard to ex nihilo and Gen 1:2? After the debates
with regard to Sarah's seminal emission? And you haven't grasped my
hermeneutics? I guess that you like to talk more than listen . . .
More than disappointed,
Denis
PS Oh, BTW, the categories you've cited are good in a Sunday School
context, but the modern hermeneutical debates are a little more complex
than that.
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