Do historical matters matter to faith? :  a critical appraisal of modern and postmodern approaches to Scripture / 
edited by James K. Hoffmeier and Dennis R. Magary ; foreword by John D. Woodbridge. 
 - Wheaton, IL :  Crossway,  c2012. 
 - 542 p. :  map ; pbk ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Part 1 : Biblical, systematic and historical theology.<br/><br/>Religious epistemology, theological interpretation of Scripture and critical biblical scholarship : a theologian's reflections / Thomas H. McCall -- The peril of a "historyless" systematic theology / Graham A. Cole -- The Divine investment in truth : toward a theological account of biblical inerrancy / Mark D. Thompson -- "These things happened" : why a historical exodus is essential for theology / James K. Hoffmeier -- Fundamentalism et Columnum Fidei Nostrae : Irenaeus on the perfect and saving nature of Scritpure / Michael A.G. Haykin. Part 2 : The Old Testament and issues of history, authenticity and authority.<br/><br/>Pentateuchal criticism and the priestly Torah / Richard E. Averbeck -- Old Testament source criticism : some methodolgical miscues / Robert B. Chisholm Jr -- Word distribution as an indicator of authorial intention : A study of Genesis 1:1-2:3 / Robert D. Bergen -- The culture of prophecy and writing in the ancient Near East / John W. Hilber -- Isaiah, Isaiahs and current scholarship / Robert L Schultz -- Daniel in Babylon : an accurate record? / Alan R. Millard -- A critical-realistic reading of the Psalm titles : authenticity, inspiration and Evangelicals / Willem A VanGemeren and Jason Stanghelle -- The Old Testament as cultural memory / Jens Bruun Kofoed. Part 3 : The New Testament and issues of history, authenticity and authority.<br/><br/>God's word in human words : form-critical reflections / Robert W. Yarbrough -- Constructive traditional response to New Testament criticism / Craig L. Blomberg -- Precision and accuracy : making distinctions in the cultural context that give us pause in pitting the Gospels against each other / Darrell L. Bock -- Paul, Timothy and Titus : the assumption of pseudonymous author and pseudonomous recipients in the light of literary, theological and historical evidence / Eckhard J. Schnabel -- St Paul on Cyprus : the transformation of an apostle / Thomas W. Davis. Part 4 : The Old Testament and archaeology.<br/><br/>Enter Joshua : the "mother of current debates" in biblical archaeology / John M. Monson -- Yahweh's "wife" and belief in one God in the Old Testament / Richard S. Hess -- New excavations at Khirbet Qeiyafa and the early history of Judah / Michael G. Hasel -- The archaeology of David and Solomon : methid or madness? / Steven M Ortiz. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781433525711 (tp) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011037802 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible--History of Biblical events.<br/>Bible--Evidences, authority, etc.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>220.6/HIS