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Authors Enter Discussion of I&I and GWHW at Jesus Creed

Pete Enns — Mon, 25 May 2009 15:27:18 +0000

I wanted to alert my readers that there is an interesting disscussion of my book (Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament) and my friend Kenton Sparks’s book (God’s Word in Human Words: An Evangelical Appropriation of Critical Biblical Scholarship) over on Scot McKnight’s Jesus Creed blog. The discussion has been initiated by Scot’s frequent guest poster, “RJS.” Read the post and discussion here.

Both Sparks and I have entered into the discussion in the comments. (My comments begin at #36.) Hint: In order to see the entire comment thread, you have to click the “Comments” link under the post.

Review by Stephen Chapman of God’s Word in Human Words

Pete Enns — Fri, 15 May 2009 11:05:56 +0000

I am pleased to announce that Dr. Stephen Chapman of Duke Divinity School has allowed me to publish his review of God’s Word in Human Words: An Evangelical Appropriation of Critical Biblical Scholarship by Kenton Sparks. This is an expanded version of Dr. Chapman’s review originally presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature last fall, commented on in two previous posts. Read the review >>>

I&I and GWHW on Scot McKnight’s Jesus Creed Blog

Pete Enns — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:28:19 +0000

“RJS,” a frequent guest contributor to Scot McKnight’s Jesus Creed Blog on Beliefnet, has posted what I guess we’d call a review of a review. She comments on my posting this week of Part Two of my review of Kenton Sparks’s book God’s Word in Human Words. She also makes some comments about my book Inspiration and Incarnation. An interesting discussion follows.

(Hint: Due to the somewhat bizarre user interface at Beliefnet, you have to click the word “Comments” at the end of the post to see the whole comment feed; otherwise, you’ll be popped somewhere in the middle of the conversation.)

God’s Word in Human Words by Kent Sparks: Part Two

Pete Enns — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:01:21 +0000

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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