Abstract

This study suggests that a neglected area of research in our contemporary bibliology polemics is the logical relationship between one's view of God and one's view of Scripture. In fact, it is argued that one of the reasons for the diversity of opinion in theologians' views of Scripture is linked to differing conceptions of God and his relationship to the world. ;Chapter one outlines recent discussions regarding the God-Scripture relationship by showing their strengths and weaknesses. Furthermore, it delimits the scope of this work by focusing on three areas of one's theology proper which is crucial for one's bibliology: divine action, divine sovereignty, and divine omniscience. ;Chapters two and three discuss the relationship between divine action and Scripture. In chapter two an interventionist model of divine action is investigated by examining the views of evangelical theism and Karl Barth. Chapter three investigates a non-interventionist model of divine action by examining the views of process theology and Maurice Wiles. It is concluded that the interventionist model of evangelical theism best substantiates the traditional view of Scripture--the Received View. ;Chapter four broaches the relationship between divine sovereignty and human freedom and Scripture, especially in regards to inspiration. Two main construals of divine sovereignty are explored depending upon whether one adopts a compatibilistic or incompatibilistic view of human freedom. It is concluded that there is a logical relationship between divine sovereignty-freedom and Scripture and that the construal of divine sovereignty which incorporates a compatibilistic view of human freedom best grounds the Received View. ;Chapter five discusses the relationship between divine omniscience and Scripture by investigating various responses to the foreknowledge-freedom problem. By examining various deterministic and indeterministic responses to the problem, it is argued that if one adopts an indeterministic solution to the problem, one cannot guarantee that the prophecies of Scripture are true. However if one adopts a deterministic solution, one is able to make such a claim. ;Chapter six concludes the study by summarizing the findings of the work. It concludes that there is a God-Scripture link which must not be neglected