The Divine Meaning of Scripture: Explanations and Limitations
In this article, the author wrestles with concepts of meaning and the divine-human authorship of Scripture. The main argument of the essay is that there may be a development of the divine meaning of an individual text of Scripture as the canon grows. However, the original meaning is never lost. He argues that God can intend more in a passage of Scripture than the human author intends. He also summarizes the changes in E. D. Hirsch’s theory of meaning and authorial intention, and presents guidelines to define God’s fuller meaning and its relationship to the human author’s meaning.
Source: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1995. 20 pages.
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