tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617194.post115986885209375226..comments2024-03-07T06:52:34.516+00:00Comments on Exiled Preacher: Review Part 1: The Drama of Doctrine by Kevin VanhoozerGuy Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09184743462264437085noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617194.post-1159877621809942142006-10-03T13:13:00.000+01:002006-10-03T13:13:00.000+01:00Chris,I appreciate your point, context is vitally ...Chris,<BR/><BR/>I appreciate your point, context is vitally important. Vanhoozer has done an excellent job of setting doctrine in the context of the "theo-drama". But I wasn't looking for a sprinkling of comments on random texts of Scripture. Much less was I hoping that Vanhoozer would "do a Berkhof" and follow up some doctrinal propositions with a string of "proof texts". <BR/><BR/>My reservation is that Vanhoozer sometimes takes too much time delving into the details of drama theory. This was all very fascinating. But it means that KV tends to quote texts to illustrate his broad principles rather than give us a detailed exposition of Scripture. The Scriptures that deal with how we should live out our "role" in Christ like Romans 6 are alluded to but not subjected to prolonged exposition. <BR/><BR/>But I hope to say more about the D of D in the next couple of days.Guy Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09184743462264437085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17617194.post-1159874994080892102006-10-03T12:29:00.000+01:002006-10-03T12:29:00.000+01:00Thanks, Guy, for this review and the links. "But s...Thanks, Guy, for this review and the links. <BR/><BR/>"But sometimes, too much space is given to the details of drama theory to the detriment of Biblical exposition"<BR/><BR/>This is always the issue. Context or text as determinative. I would think that Vanhoozer would suggest that responsible expositzion can only take place when the study is situated in a proper context, as we need the <I>con</I>text to help us determine the point of the text. This is a job I feel that evengelical scholarship often fails to do, and instead plucks out verses of Scripture, say on hell, and places them into the crossfire between two theological camps discussing post-mortem matters. Problems with this abound, however. First, it makes the bible look tremendously unhelpfully designed, scattering particles of theological wisdom across a wide arena. Second, it then fails to determine the importance of the story in which these exposited particles of data find themeselves, and teh story in which these stories find themeselves in. I say all of this tortured reasoning to suggest that Vanhoozer has the right perspective, and his musings on various exegetical matters, as will happen in the book, are then better contextualised.Chris Tillinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03153087287030167791noreply@blogger.com