Unintended Telos

There is a sense in which German higher criticism is simply a reductio ad absurdum of historical-grammatical hermeneutics.

The problem for those who depend entirely on historical-grammatical hermeneutics isn’t that higher criticism is wrong, but that it’s entirely possible within such a hermeneutical framework. In other words, the problem isn’t the assertions of higher criticism, but insufficient proof to back them up; however, this could change with a few archaeological discoveries.

I say all this as someone who is deeply impressed by Austin Farrer and Dale Allison Jr.