Tag: HistoricalCritical

Wholly Inspired: Historical-Critical Studies and Contradictions in the Bible

The illustrious ancient biblical exegete Origen represents the traditional views of Christians and Jews in his firm faith that “the sacred books are not the compositions of men, but . . . composed by inspiration of the Holy Spirit.”[1] He infers that, as these books were inspired by God, it
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A Phenomenology of Scripture’s Gaze and the Blindnesses of the Historical-Critical Method

Can there be a phenomenology of Sacred Scripture? Haven’t we been told by Dominique Janicaud that phenomenology and theology should never mix, that ever since Husserl phenomenology has rested on a methodological “bracketing” of faith?[1] Moreover, even if one could get past such scruples, would not one yield as many
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