Isn’t the Old Testament a corrupted, unreliable text?
March 10, 2015
- Please Listen to the Wayne State Debate Prior to 3/31/2015
- Archived at http://wayne.edu/live and on YouTube at http://tinyurl.com/l43qufj
- Refer to Bruce Russell “God Debate” Handout as you listen and take notes
- Last class in this course (April 7, 2014): The Problem of Evil (Introduced 3/31)
- Final Exam (Take-Home) is due at 7 pm April 7.
- Archived at http://wayne.edu/live and on YouTube at http://tinyurl.com/l43qufj
- Shortened Class on March 24: Visit with MCREST guests after class and help clean up.
- Questions and Answers from Last Week’s Discussions and the Readings for This Evening
- Quiz and Review of Quiz
- Discussion: Holman text: Chapter 08: Is the Old Testament Reliable?
- Existential Questions:
- (How) Can I trust what I am reading in the Old Testament?
- (Why) Should this book matter to me?
- The Key Question: Is the Old Testament Reliable?
- Garry K. Brantley, “The Dead Sea Scrolls and Biblical Integrity” http://tinyurl.com/ogddb94
- Existential Questions:
- Additional Comments:
- Dead Sea Scrolls
- The Silver Scroll Pendant
- Transmission of the Old Testament
- Four Tests of Canonicity of the Old Testament:
- Does the New Testament attest to its authority?
- Do extrabiblical Jewish writers affirm them?
- Is the book consistent with other revelation?
- Was it written by a prophet or someone of divine authority?
- The Apocrypha
- Introduction: Doesn’t Science Disprove Miracles? (Chapter 9)
- Existential Questions:
- Is God there?
- Does God hear me?
- Where do I look for the answers?
- In the Bible?
- Outside of the Bible?
- Existential Questions:
- What is a Miracle?
- Does natural science disprove miracles?
- Does our experience show that miracles cannot happen?
- What is the purpose of miracles?
- Credit to God
- Authenticate claims
- Benevolent
- What about miracles that appear cruel?
- What about miracles not done by God?
- Conclusion
- For Next Week:
- Read Holman text: Chapter 09: Do Miracles Happen?
- John Warwick Montgomery, “Science, Theology and the Miraculous,” http://tinyurl.com/pv4he9m or http://www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF/1978/JASA12-78Montgomery.html or search for the author and article title on Google or Bing.
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