How does apostolic hermeneutics affect inerrancy?
There is no question that inerrancy, at least in its earlier formulations, is not a term that is designed to encompass apostolic hermeneutics understood in its Second Temple context. This is also true for the issues mentioned briefly at the outset of this article, historicity and extrabiblical data. The evidence with which all biblical scholars work daily was either unknown when evangelicalism was working out this doctrine, or the implications of this evidence had not yet been fully appreciated by a critical mass of theologians. The field of ANE studies (literature, archaeology) was in its infancy in the latter part of the nineteenth century. The Dead Sea Scrolls, which inspired renewed reflection on Second Temple literature in general, were first discovered in 1947. In view of this evidence, the church must cultivate a culture of vibrant, creative, expectant, and trusting discussion of what the Bible is and, flowing from that, how it is to function in the life of the church. The purpo
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