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Description of  The Invention of the Inspired Text: Philological Windows on the Theopneustia of Scripture (The Library of New Testament Studies, 640)

John C. Poirier examines the theopneustic nature of the Scripture, as a response to the view that inspiration lies at the heart of most contemporary Christian theology. In contrast to the traditional rendering of the Greek word theopneustos as God-inspired in 2 Tim 3:16, Poirier argues that a close look at first- and second-century uses of theopneustos reveals that the traditional inspirationist understanding of the term did not arise until the time of Origen in the early third century CE, and that in every pre-Origen use of Read more