Description: Two issues in particular engaged me [when studying in seminary and graduate school]. Did God, the sovereign covenant Lord, actually communicate with men in human language? And did this Lord actually enable men to infallibly record in writing what he had made known to them? . . . The result was that I increasingly realized that unless I had confidence that the Scriptures were authentic, authoritative, and wholly reliable I would not have the certainty and conviction needed for preaching and teaching truths that I and all other sinful persons required for the assurance of the forgiveness of sin, salvation and God-honoring service. This book is, in a real sense, my answer to the questions I wrestled with initially. It is a testimony to the assurance and peace I had as I taught in Christian educational institutions. --from the Preface
Brief description: Gerard Van Groningen is Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. He is also the author of 'First Century Gnosticism: Its Origin and Motifs' and 'Messianic Revelation in the Old Testament.'