History of Israel and the Nations pt 7 - Isaiah's Call to Trust God w/ Assyrian Threat - w/ FF Bruce

While.

While.

These books.

Have come down to us as holy scripture.

Which books is he talking about? He's talking about the primary sources.

Of what he takes himself to be teaching here as a historian.

These are primary sources.

Now listen to this.

Catch this.

Catch this.

While these books have come down to us as Holy Scripture, Holy Scripture capitalized, they are historical source documents of first rate worth.

Historical documents of first source documents of first rate worth.

We're going to go on to top of page 12.

The chapters which follow, he's talking about in his book here, Israel and Nations.

The chapters which follow are not concerned with them as canonical writings, but as material for constructing a political narrative.

Other source material has been laid under contribution for which no canonical claims have been made.

The writings of secular historians and the inscriptions of ancient cultures contemporary with the life of Israel in the period under review.

These last name documents have come to light as a result of the archaeological research carried out in the Near East for well over a century and a half.

Their discovery has enabled us to appreciate in a way previously impossible how remarkably faithful is the historical outline preserved in the Hebrew Bible from the age of the patriarchs to the Macedonian supremacy.

But now, let me read just part of that again, page 11 at the bottom.

While these books have come down to us as holy scripture, They are historical source documents of first rate worth page 12 at the top the chapters which follow are not concerned with them as canonical writings.

That is, as writings in the Bible as Holy Scripture.

That's what canonical means.

Canon is just another word for the Bible.

Man, it's hard to remember how much I might need to explain.