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God se brug na die mens: iets goddeliks of iets mensliks?
Verbum et Ecclesia | Skrif en Kerk: Vol 15, No 1 | a1080 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/ve.v15i1.1080
| © 1994 J. H. le Roux
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 19 July 1994 | Published: 19 July 1994
Submitted: 19 July 1994 | Published: 19 July 1994
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Bridging the gap between God and man: something divine or human?
This article highlights some aspects of Heyns’ view of Scripture. It is stated that Heyns was so overwhelmed by God’s revelation that the ‘divine’ element of Scripture was overemphasized while the ‘human’ side was neglected. This one-sided articulation of the divine prevented Heyns from either incorporating or addressing the results of critical Bible study. It is my contention that dogmatic reflection on Scripture can only be useful to the Biblical scholar if the results of critical scholarship are taken into account. This point is illustrated in the last section of this article.
This article highlights some aspects of Heyns’ view of Scripture. It is stated that Heyns was so overwhelmed by God’s revelation that the ‘divine’ element of Scripture was overemphasized while the ‘human’ side was neglected. This one-sided articulation of the divine prevented Heyns from either incorporating or addressing the results of critical Bible study. It is my contention that dogmatic reflection on Scripture can only be useful to the Biblical scholar if the results of critical scholarship are taken into account. This point is illustrated in the last section of this article.
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