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Article: Inspiration.(Brief Article)
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- Theological Studies
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- September 1, 2002
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By David R. Law. New Century Theology. New York: Continuum, 2001. Pp. 232. $22.95.
Over the last 30 years scholarly writing on the problem of inspiration has been disappointing. The usual fare has been more or less adequate synopses of the history of inspiration as a theological problem that generally conclude with half-hearted attempts to look "beyond" the problem rather than to resolve it. Law attempts to break new ground. This alone makes the book noteworthy.
Unfortunately, in his assessment of the problem, L. remains bound to recent scholarly tradition, so that he does not appreciably further the discussion. Instead of constructing a new ...