At every point in the story of the transmission of biblical material from the original text to today we are dealing with the interaction of men and women with God. At every point, human judgment and human fallibility are involved, as they are in every attempt we make today to act faithfully in new situations. The idea that at a certain point in this long story a line was drawn before which everything is divine word and after which everything is human judgment is absurd. Lesslie Newbigin
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When we look for the truth of God’s Word we must acknowledge that we are dealing with both the original and the later versions. The original and the later versions of a text can never be totally separated. They overlap and interact with each other.

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