In Part 1 of my review of God’s Word in Human Words by Kenton Sparks, I set out what I saw as the central tenets of the book. We now continue with my report on a panel discussion of the book in which I participated this past fall.

PART 2: SBL Panel Discussion

On November 23, 2008, a Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) session was devoted to a discussion of Kenton Sparks’ book God’s Word in Human Words: An Evangelical Appropriation of Critical Scholarship (GWHW). The panel was made up of: Stephen Chapman (Duke Divinity School), Bill Arnold (Asbury Theological Seminary), myself, and Gary Anderson (moderator, Notre Dame).

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