Philip Arthur Bence PhD Thesis - Research@StAndrews:FullText

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recorded--inspiration.1
Lloyd-Jones allowed that it was human beings who recorded
the words of Scripture; the writers retained personal
writing styles. Yet, "the doctrine [of inspiration]
. does not merely tell us that the man was inspired,
it does not merely say that the Truth was inspired; it
goes further than that and announces that the very
recording itself was inspired."2
Of the other theologians, Karl Barth's position
would come next in progression from right to left on the
continuum of inspiration. Barth's theology builds on a
hierarchy of revelation. The event of Jesus Christ, the
Bible, and preaching (revelation incarnate, recorded, and
proclaimed) are all God's Word. Yet, Scripture is
revelation, not merely in itself, but as it witnesses to
Jesus Christ, the high point of revelation. Bible words
are not an objective revelation, but become revelation as
they point beyond themselves to incarnate revelation.'
As readers see and hear what the Bible writers "saw and
heard," the Bible then becomes the Word of God.'4
This sounds much like the position of Paul Tillich
and Rudolf Bultmann (to be discussed below), yet is quite
different. According to Barth, Scripture undoubtedly
contains the Word of God, whether or not it is perceived
by man, because God participated in the writing of
Scripture. '5 "In Holy Scripture the truth and
actuality of the Revelation are preserved, for Scripture
represents the testimony of chosen intermediaries, the