Inspiration and Incarnation

Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament

By: Peter Enns

Narrated by: David Colacci

How can an evangelical view of Scripture be reconciled with modern biblical scholarship? In this book Peter Enns, an expert in biblical interpretation, addresses Old Testament phenomena that challenge traditional evangelical perspectives on Scripture. He then suggests a way forward, proposing an incarnational model of biblical inspiration that takes seriously both the divine and the human aspects of Scripture.

©2015 Peter Enns (P)2017 Tantor

Good Material; Painful Narration

It’s not my intent to be offensive, but it was very difficult to persist in listening to the narration of this book. The narrator drones along with what sounds like a significant head cold. Pete Enns’ material, which is thought provoking and brilliantly written, deserves better. He should have narrated it himself. I’d skip the audible version and just read this one if I had a do-over.

Decent reading of gently provocative scholar

Book is a bit all over the place in terms of addressing historical critical debates over historicity and "purity" of the Bible. Reasonable and reverent attempt to reframe the Christian understanding of inspiration, inerrancy, and incarnation. Narration is not colorful or engaging but fits book's tone and scope just fine. Worth a listen.

Great!

I can and can’t believe he got fired for this book! It’s great! I’m buying one for each of my family.

Outstanding and thought provoking

A serious and engaging book that can help evangelicals grow as they engage the Bible more deeply.

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I recommend this book for anyone who has questions about whether the Bible is always historically accurate, whether it contradicts itself, or any questions of those natures. Pete does a great job of respecting the Bible as the inspired Word of God while explaining historical and human contexts in the way it was written

This book was a little more textbook-y than I anticipated. It systematically goes through sections and stories of the Bible and explains Pete's view of why it isn't contradictory or whatnot. It's a very different view than the Evangelical tradition I grew up with but it made a whole lot of sense to me.

If the paperback version has a good index of the Bible passages, I think owning that version would be a helpful reference tool when questions arise. The book is pretty dense, though written clearly and in layman terms, so a single listen didn't familiarize me with the interpretation approach as thoroughly as I desire. But perhaps that has more to do with my cognitive limits than with the book's limits.