Tag: Peter Enns

  • The Second Creation Story and “Atrahasis”

    Science and the Sacred: The Second Creation Story and “Atrahasis”  Peter Enns Last week we looked at Genesis 1 and Enuma Elish. Another very important discovery in Ashurbanipal’s library is the story commonly referred to as the Atrahasis Epic. Though in the nineteenth century only fragments of the story were found, a more complete version…

  • Peter Enns on Biblical Interpretation

    Last weekend I had the privilege of attending an event in Carol Stream, IL, sponsored by Act 3, called "Reading the Old Testament the Way Jesus Did." The speaker was Peter Enns, author of Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament. Enns had been a professor at Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia…

  • Reading the Old Testament as Jesus Did – Peter Enns

    The Kronicler landed in Chicago this afternoon. Tonight and tomorrow morning, I'm privileged to attend Reading the Old Testament as Jesus Did with Peter Enns. I may blog about this later. I've thought about tweeting, but I might find that too distracting. We will see. Anyway, I am looking forward to a great event.

  • Scripture and the Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy

    A Time to Tear Down, A Time to Build Up (Peter Enns): Final Response to Bruce Waltke’s Critiques of I&I  (HT: David Opderbeck) Enns' book Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament is a great read. The following quote is from his blog: …I have said this on other occasions and…