On Theological Exegesis and the Simplicity of God
I love the Bible. And I love Bible scholars. They're a fun bunch, to be honest; their deep dives into lexicography, grammar and syntax, history, and many more important aspects of studying ancient texts are an effort for which I am extremely grateful. But sometimes the posture and method of contemporary biblical scholarship breed a myopic approach to the Bible that can privilege historical-grammatical analysis and discriminate against other means of interpreting a text. Much has been said on this by others (among them Matthew Levering, on whom see my previous post), but I wanted to add my own two cents, and in so doing zero in on a related issue that I have been thinking about for a bit. I. I try to keep a foot in both sides of the Bible/theology pool, which means that I sometimes witness a fair bit of talking past one another. A recent example of this is in an episode of the Bible Project podcast — a (generally) less scholarly and (typically) more accessible program which can (and...