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On nail scissors and toothbrushes: responding to the philosophers' critiques of Historical Biblical Criticism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 September 2012

C. L. BRINKS
C. L. BRINKS*
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Calvin Theological Seminary, 3233 Burton Street SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49546, USA e-mail: cbrinks7@calvinseminary.edu
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Abstract

The rise in interdisciplinary scholarship between philosophy and theology has produced a number of critiques of historical biblical criticism (HBC) by philosophers of religion. Some dialogue has resulted, but these critiques have gone largely unnoticed by historical critical scholars. This article argues that two such critiques of HBC, offered by Plantinga and Stump, are undermined by faulty presuppositions on the philosophers' part regarding the nature and value of HBC and misunderstandings of the nature of the ancient texts on which the discipline of HBC focuses.

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Religious Studies , Volume 49 , Issue 3 , September 2013 , pp. 357 - 376
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012 

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