Theology in the Raw - 701: #701 - Inerrancy and the Cosmology of Biblical Writers

Episode Date: October 19, 2018

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Hello, Theology Narah listeners. What you're about to listen to is a short teaser episode of the October edition of my Patreon-only podcast, where I answer questions that were sent in by my Patreon supporters. And in this short clip, you're going to hear me discuss the role of inerrancy when it comes to looking at the ancient cosmology of biblical writers. So if you want to support the show and get access to the full-length episode, you can go to patreon.com forward slash theology in the raw. That is patreon.com forward slash theology in the raw. You certainly say there's like scientific and historical mistakes or things that don't match what we now know about science. And you say, yeah, of course. That was the world that the Bible is written in.

In fact, I would go so far. Okay. So this might get me some more emails. Um, I would say that the biblical writers were working with, from the framework of an ancient cosmology that is scientifically not accurate. Does that make me a non-errantist, an errantist? Depending on your definition. I mean, of course they did.

Of course the biblical writers didn't believe in a, you know, heliocentric universe. Of course they believed in, you know, the pillars of the earth and, and the waters above and the waters below. And they had an ancient cosmology, an ancient view of the world around them. They didn't have a modern day post-enlightenment view of cosmology. Like to me, it's just like, of course, but some people are like, well, no, that means, that means it's, it's all wrong. It's those, those mistakes, those errors. I'm like, well, it depends on, what do you mean by mistake? What do you mean by error? They're working within the framework of their day. Like they, they had, they, they clearly

practice ancient, they followed ancient rules of writing and, um, literature and language. For instance, when I wrote my book fight, I did a lot of study on ancient methods of historical, of recording military victories. There's a certain name for it I'm blanking on. There's almost like a sub-genre where when people write about military victories, they use a lot of hyperbole. They credit a lot of things to the divine that was fighting the battle for them. They oftentimes use very high numbers when they're recording military victories. And I'm like, yeah.

And when I'm reading the Bible, when I'm reading to Joshua and Judges, they're doing the same thing. They're reflecting the way of writing about military victories of the day. And well, of course they would. If you would like to access the full length version of this episode, you can go to patreon.com forward slash Theology Naral. That's patreon.com forward slash Theology Naral and support the show for as little as five bucks a month. We'll see you

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