Episode 239: Cameron B. R. Howard — How Is the Bible Authoritative?

Pete Enns; Jared Byas; Cameron B. R. Howard

Offers one bounded, transcript-verified reframing of authority without demanding either abandonment or certainty.

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STARTING FRAMEChristian

EXPLORESDoubt, Certainty & Knowing

ENGAGEMENT EFFORTModerate

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Traveler wants a credible alternative to top-down inerrant authority while retaining possible use of Scripture.

It does not deliver a single replacement doctrine and remains within a Christian scholarly conversation.

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An accessible introduction to source criticism and the layered composition of the Hebrew Bible.

Why this may helpIntroduces source criticism and the Bible’s layered composition in accessible scholarly form.