Revelation, Inspiration, and Infallibility (8): What the Bible Says about the Bible: The Testimony of the Prophets
This article by Ronald Cammenga examines what the Bible reveals about itself, particularly through the testimony of the prophets, emphasizing the Bible's unity as God's authoritative word despite its diversity of authors, genres, and languages. The work defends the Reformed confessional understanding of Scripture's sufficiency and divine authority, grounding the doctrine of biblical inspiration in the Bible's own self-witness. This resource serves as a theological foundation for understanding the nature and authority of Scripture within the Protestant Reformed tradition.
Introduction What is the Bible? The Bible is a library of books within one book.1 It is a library with two branches: an Old Testament branch and a New Testament branch. It is a library made up of sixty-six books: thirty-nine in the Old Testament branch and twenty-seven in the New Testament branch. The books are written mainly in two languages: Hebrew and Greek. It is a library containing about forty different authors, who wrote over a period of approximately fifteen hundred years. The contents...
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