TY - BOOK AU - Geisler,Norman L. TI - Systematic theology: volume one : introduction, Bible SN - 0764225510 (alk. paper) AV - BT75.3 .G45 2002 U1 - 230 21 PY - 2002/// CY - Minneapolis, Minn. PB - Bethany House KW - Bible KW - Introductions KW - Theology, Doctrinal N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [590]-598) and indexes; Introduction -- God : the metaphysical precondition -- Miracles : the supernatural precondition -- Revelation : the revelational precondition -- Logic : the rational precondition -- Meaning : the semantical precondition -- Truth : the epistemological precondition -- Exclusivism : the oppositional precondition -- Language : the linguistic precondition -- Interpretation : the hermeneutical precondition -- Historiography : the historical precondition -- Method : the methodological precondition -- The origin and inspiration of the Bible -- The divine nature of the Bible -- The human nature of the Bible -- Jesus and the Bible -- Church fathers on the Bible -- The historical church on the Bible -- The history of destructive biblical criticism -- Liberalism on the Bible -- Neo-orthodoxy on the Bible -- Neo-evangelicals on the Bible -- Evangelicals on the Bible -- Fundamentalism on the Bible -- The historicity of the Old Testament -- The historicity of the New Testament -- The inerrancy of the Bible -- The Canonicity of the Bible -- Summary of the evidence for the Bible -- Appendix one: Objections against theistic arguments -- Appendix two: Do historical facts speak for themselves? ER -