The Unity and Diversity of Holy Scripture

Like its Author, Holy Scripture is one. "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God," Scripture says of itself in II Timothy 3:16. With reference to the 39 books of the Old Testament, and their countless words, the Bible says of itself that it is a unified whole, a book characterized by oneness. When the Bible views itself, it does not see itself as many, different writings, but as "all Scripture." Scripture's oneness is, fundamentally, its full inspiration of God, inspiration that extends...