r. scott clark
Associate Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology

1. Introduction
   1. The Problem of Revelation
      1. In Modernity
      2. In Postmodernity
   2. The Necessity of Revelation
   3. Models of Revelation (Dulles)
   4. The Uses of Scripture (Kelsey)
   5. The Covenantal-Confessional Alternative
2. The Biblical and Reformed Conception of Revelation
   1. The Necessity of the Prespposition of Revelation
   2. General Revelation
      1. According to Scripture
         1. Gen 1.26-28
         2. Psalm 19.1-6
         3. Ps 50.1-6
         4. Gen 9.9-17
      2. Sufficiency
         1. Rom 1.18-2.16
         2. Acts 17.22-23
      3. Insufficiency
      4. Improperly Used
      5. Properly Used
   3. Special Revelation
      1. The Word and Acts of Yahweh Elohim in Creation
         1. Its Efficacy
            1. Isa 55.11; Ps 33.4-6
            2. 1 Pet 1.24-25
         2. "And Elohim said..." (Gen 1.1-14)
         3. Gen 1.26-28; 2.15-17
      2. Word and Act In Redemption
         1. John 1.1-3; 14, 18
         2. Rom 1.16
         3. John 6.61-63
         4. 2 Cor 2.14
         5. James 1.18
         6. 1 Cor 15.1-2
         7. Rom 10 [all]
      3. Word and Spirit/Act in Sanctification
         1. Heb 4.12-13
         2. Rom 1.16
      4. The Word of the Triune God
         1. Matt 28.19
         2. 1 Cor 6.11
         3. 1 John 4.2
      5. Scriptural Self-Concept as Special Revelation
         1. John 10.35
         2. 2 Pet 3.16
         3. Matt 15.16 (& parallels)
         4. 1 Thess 2.13
         5. 2 Tim 2.8-9
3. The Perfections of Scripture
   1. The Divinity of Scripture
   2. God's Word and Name to Us (Ps 138.2)
   3. The Logo" and the Word (John 1.1-3)
   4. The Divine Unity and the Word (Deut 6.4)
   5. The Trinity and the Word (One God in Three Persons, One Word in Many Authors)
   6. Inspiration of Scripture
      1. In Scripture
         1. Gen 1.2
         2. 1 Pet 1.20-21
         3. 1 Tim 3.16
         4. Christ's Conception of the Scriptures as God's Word
            1. Matt 5.18
            2. Matt 4.4
            3. John 17.17
      2. The Means of SR
         1. Inspiration
         2. 2 Pet 1.21
         3. 2 Tim 3.16
      3. Contents of SR
         1. Law - Gal 3.10
         2. Gospel - John 3.16
      4. The Purpose of SR
         1. The Glory of God
         2. The Redemption of His People
      5. In History
         1. Patristic - Augustine
         2. Medieval - Thomas
         3. Reformation
            1. One Track or Two?
            2. Luther
               1. Rogers and McKim
               2. Response
            3. Calvin
               1. "God was accomodating"
               2. Spectacles
               3. Perspicuitas
               4. Rogers and McKim
               5. Response
            4. Confessions
               1. HC 21
               2. BC Art 3
               3. WCF 1.5
         4. Orthodoxy
            1. Ames
            2. Wollebius
            3. Helvetic Consensus Formula
         5. Modernity
            1. The Old Liberals
            2. The New Liberals and Barth
            3. The Fundamentalists
            4. The Neo-Evangelicals
            5. The Progressive Neo-Evangelicals and Limited Inerrancy
            6. Neo-Evangelicals and Midrash
         6. Postmodernity
   7. Inerrancy and the Critics
      1. The Modern Period
      2. The Contemporary Discussion
      3. Proofs for Inspiration
   8. Proofs for Inerrancy
   9. History and Eternality
   10. Immutability
   11. The Humanity of Scripture and the Incarnation
       1. Given in Time
       2. To and Through Fallible Humans
       3. With and Through Personalities, Styles, Genres
       4. Humanity Does Not Equal Lapsed
          1. Adam ante lapsum
          2. Christ!
       5. Two-Natures, One Word
   12. What Inerrancy Does and Doesn't Mean
       1. All Scripture is God-Breathed
       2. All Interpretations are Not (Archetypa/ectypa)
4. Revelation, Covenant and Canon
   1. Scripture as Covenantal Word
      1. Gen 2.9-17; 3 [all].
      2. Deut 5/Exodus 20
      3. Deut 18
      4. Self-Authenticating
   2. The Scriptural Notion of Covenants (Deut 4.1-12; 12; Rev 22.18; Deut 31.9-13; Joshua 5)
      1. Parties
      2. Promise
      3. Conditions
      4. Instruments
      5. Stipulations
      6. Sanctions
      7. Record
      8. Renewal
   3. The Scriptural/Ancient Near Eastern Practice of Covenants
      1. Suzerain
      2. Vassal
      3. Treaty
      4. Sanctions
      5. Canon as Covenantal Record
   4. The Biblical Covenants
      1. (covenant of redemption) Pactum Salutis
      2. (covenant of works) Foedus Operum
      3. (covenant of grace) Foedus Gratiae
   5. Covenants and History
      1. The Promise Remains
      2. The Circumstances Change
         1. Old and New Covenants
         2. Old and New Signs and Seals
5. Apostolic and Early Christian Recognition of the Covenantal Canon
   1. NT
   2. Melito of Sardis (c.170 AD)
   3. Didache (Didach)
   4. Marcion v the Universal (Catholic) Church
   5. Irenaeus v. Heresies
   6. Muratorian Canon
   7. Athanasius
   8. Canon of Laodicea
   9. The Latin Father (Jerome)
   10. Canon in the Medieval Church
   11. Canon in the Protestants
   12. Trent Session Four
   13. Geneva Bible
   14. WCF 1.3-5
   15. Vatican I
   16. Vatican II
   17. Pentecostalism

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