epics, royal annals, and chronicles. The reason this information was gathered is not known, but we realize it was not human self-knowledge.
Oswalt then elaborates on the reasons there is no history writing in the ancient Near East. In the worldview of continuity, the idea of focus on now, subjective orientation, multiplicity of causes, determinism, and preoccupation with order and security are the reasons for the absence of history writing. The Bible has a significant difference in history than does continuity. The characters of the Bible are presented as unique individuals within their era. Also the failures and defeats are known, the significance of relationships are revealed, our human choices that are made are real, and the developmental relationships is a clear concern.
The Bible also has the worldview of transcendence. The knowing that God is not part of the world as we know it, …show more content…
The Problem of History (I)
Oswalt previously discussed how the biblical worldview is a basis for history writing, and the biblical events are assessed by using today’s standards of writing. There is no doubt that the
Bible’s writings are very different than regular history writings. Oswalt opens up by answering ____________________
6 John N. Oswalt, The Bible among the Myths: Unique Revelation or Just Ancient Literature? (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2009), 113-115. whether or not the biblical events are history? Oswalt believes to address this question, one must discuss the issue of divine purpose, causation, and intervention. Most historians believe that there must be accountability by humans for events and their results, but if divine involvement is supposed to be an answer the material is unhistorical. Although if the Bible is right and God does intervene, can the events not be recorded to indeed have true history. The question if the Bible is accurate has to have a caveat of why were the nearby cultures so
Oswalt then elaborates on the reasons there is no history writing in the ancient Near East. In the worldview of continuity, the idea of focus on now, subjective orientation, multiplicity of causes, determinism, and preoccupation with order and security are the reasons for the absence of history writing. The Bible has a significant difference in history than does continuity. The characters of the Bible are presented as unique individuals within their era. Also the failures and defeats are known, the significance of relationships are revealed, our human choices that are made are real, and the developmental relationships is a clear concern.
The Bible also has the worldview of transcendence. The knowing that God is not part of the world as we know it, …show more content…
The Problem of History (I)
Oswalt previously discussed how the biblical worldview is a basis for history writing, and the biblical events are assessed by using today’s standards of writing. There is no doubt that the
Bible’s writings are very different than regular history writings. Oswalt opens up by answering ____________________
6 John N. Oswalt, The Bible among the Myths: Unique Revelation or Just Ancient Literature? (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2009), 113-115. whether or not the biblical events are history? Oswalt believes to address this question, one must discuss the issue of divine purpose, causation, and intervention. Most historians believe that there must be accountability by humans for events and their results, but if divine involvement is supposed to be an answer the material is unhistorical. Although if the Bible is right and God does intervene, can the events not be recorded to indeed have true history. The question if the Bible is accurate has to have a caveat of why were the nearby cultures so