Re: Kline article in PSCF
Terry M. Gray (grayt@calvin.edu)
Mon, 25 Mar 1996 22:52:12 -0400Glenn wrote:
>
>I most certainly agree with you Peter, that the internal evidence of the
>text must be considered. >But my cursory examination of the ancient record
>of Biblical interpretation suggests to me that >in the past no one read
>Genesis the way many do today. This would strongly suggest to me >that the
>"internal evidence" of the text alone, is not what is driving the game
>here. I feel (but >can not prove) that it is the external evidence which
>actually drives it. I most certainly may be >wrong, but if it is the
>language, then I would think that there should have been a considerable
>>difference among the Church Fathers about this issue. Keith Miller
>suggested that since the >time of Augustine the early chapters of Genesis
>were viewed non-literally. There was
>no citation to back up that assertion. If you know of some, I would be
>most interested in >them.
>
Glenn,
Here's a fairly recent discussion of the topic published in the Journal of
the ASA (now PSCF) a few years ago.
The Contemporary Relevance of Augustine's View of Creation
Young, Davis A.
PSCF 40.1 (3/88) pp. 42-45
Disciplines: theology Biblical studies church history literature
Keywords: Augustine Genesis interpretation creation evolution literalism
Adam science scientism Fall
day time death origin of mankind
Terry G.
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