To Christ the Bible is true, authoritative, inspired, to Him the God of the Bible is the living God, and the teaching of the Bible is the teaching of the living God. To Him what the Scripture says, God says.

— John Wenham (1913–1996), Bibelwissenschaftler

Topics: The Bible & the Word of God, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit

John Wenham

John Wenham (1913–1996) war ein englischer anglikanischer Theologe und Bibelwissenschaftler, der an der Tyndale Hall in Bristol und am Latimer House in Oxford lehrte. Bekannt wurde er durch sein weitverbreitetes Lehrbuch des neutestamentlichen Griechisch sowie durch Schriften zur historischen Zuverlässigkeit und Harmonisierung der Evangelienberichte. Für heutige Bibelleser bleibt er als Sprachlehrer und Apologet von Bedeutung, stieß jedoch im konservativen Raum wegen seines Eintretens für den Annihilationismus und der Ablehnung ewiger Höllenstrafen auf deutliche Kritik.

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