2. What is the Bible?
• Is a paradigm
• A source of illumination but NOT an
objective deposit of revelation
3. The Bible’s authority
• According to Schillebeeckx,
the inspiration of Scripture
originally meant the capacity
of certain writings to inspire
the community to discover its
own identity; its authority
came from its ability to
inspire.
4. • Later on, the authority of the Scriptures
was recognized as coming from God.
5. Revelation
• Occurs in contemporary
experience. This experience,
as the source of revelation,
is interpreted with the help
of Scriptures.
6. What do they say?
• Gregory Baum – Scriptures can yield new
“salvational meaning” when reread and
reinterpreted in the light of the experience of
the believing community
• Gregory Baum – Scriptures can yield new
“salvational meaning” when reread and
reinterpreted in the light of the experience of
the believing community
7. What do they say?
• Ray L. Hart – Past events (biblical history) have
power to interpret our
present situation
• Schillebeeckx – Bible must be read in a
contemporary context and against the
background of our remembered past