The Triune Story Collected Essays on Scripture

Robert W. Jenson (1930-2017) was an internationally renowned theologian and the author of dozens of books and hundreds of essays and articles. He earned his ThD at the University of Heidelberg, finishing his dissertation in Basel under the guidance of Karl Barth. His two-volume Systematic Theology was published in 1997 and 1999 by Oxford University Press.

Brad East (PhD, Yale University) teaches theology in the College of Biblical Studies at Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas. His work has been published in Modern Theology, International Journal of Systematic Theology, Scottish Journal of Theology, Anglican Theological Review, and Pro Ecclesia, as well as Interpretation, Living Church, Los Angeles Review of Books, Marginalia Review of Books, and Mere Orthodoxy.

Foreword by Bruce D. Marshall
Introduction by Brad East

Part I: Early Reflections and Encounters

1. "An Ecumenical Proposal of Dogma," Lutheranism
2. "On the Problem(s) of Scriptural Authority"
3. "Psalm 32"
4. "Can a Text Defend Itself? An Essay de Inspiratione Scripturae"
5. "The Decalogue," A Large Catechism
6. "Simplistic Thoughts about the Authority of Scripture"


Part II: Tradition, Inspiration, and Hermeneutics

7. "Hermeneutics and the Life of the Church"
8. "The Norms of Theological Judgment," Systematic Theology: Volume I
9. "The Word and the Icons," Systematic Theology: Volume II
10. "The Religious Power of Scripture"
11. "Scripture's Authority in the Church"
12. "A Second Thought about Inspiration"
13. "Introduction," Song of Songs
14. "Gregory of Nyssa: The Life of Moses"
15. "On the Authorities of Scripture"
16. "The Strange New World of the Bible"
17. "Introduction," Ezekiel
18. "Moses and the Mountain of Knowledge"
19. "Sola Scriptura," Lutheran Slogans
20. On the Inspiration of Scripture


III: Christian Doctrine and Theological Interpretation

21. "Toward a Christian Theology of Israel"
22. "Once More into the Breach: The True Historical Jesus"
23. "The Bible and the Trinity"
24. "Toward a Christian Theology of Judaism"
25. "On the Ascension"
26. "The Trinity in the Bible"
27. "Male and Female He Created Them"
28. "Reading the Body"
29. "Identity, Jesus, and Exegesis"
30. "What Kind of God Can Make a Covenant?"
31. "The Bride of Christ"
32. "Can Ethical Disagreement Divide the Church?"
33. "On Dogmatic/Systematic-Appropriation of Paul-According-to-Martyn"

Epilogue - "It's the Culture"

Index