This book officially releases today:

D. A. Carson, ed. The Enduring Authority of the Christian Scriptures. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016.

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• Ivan Mesa interviews Don Carson about the book: “Inerrancy Is a Place to Live: Don Carson Talks About the New Book The Enduring Authority of the Christian Scriptures”
• Contents and authors
• Fred Zaspel interviews Don Carson
• Summary of Carson’s FAQs for each chapter in the book

It’s massive. And it was an honor to contribute 44 of its 1240 pages. (More on that below.)

Here is a nearly 18-minute interview with Carson about the book:

Carson explains in the preface (p. xvi),

About thirty years ago, some of the writers in this volume worked together and with others to produce a pair of volumes that is still in print: Scripture and Truth (1983) and Hermeneutics, Authority, and Canon (1986—both edited by D. A. Carson and John D. Woodbridge, and both published by Zondervan). The two volumes played their parts in the then-current debates. Some of today’s topics are similar, even though the debates have moved on; others are new. Recognizing that Scripture and its authority are being challenged and defended with renewed vigor, a handful of us put our heads together and laid down the topics you will find in this volume. Funded by the Henry Center for Theological Understanding (one of three Centers operated by Trinity Evangelical Divinity School), the project took on life. Scholars agreed to write these essays, and then their papers were circulated among the contributors. In June 2010, thirty-three of the thirty-seven contributors flew to Chicago from their various posts around the world, and spent an intense but hugely enjoyable week working through their essays. On every topic there were at least two or three people in the room who were competent on that subject, and sometimes more. This led to many debates, corrections, modifications, and to much subsequent rewriting. The hours were long, the discussions candid, but a rare camaraderie developed. Most of us went away, I think, holding to the opinion that we had never enjoyed theological discussion more. Not a few new friendships were forged.

For various reasons, rewriting (some of it major) and the writing of a couple of new essays that were not ready at the time of the conference took up three years. The final major revision showed up in January 2015. Probably I should have pushed harder; the blame for some of the delay must be placed squarely at my door. Nevertheless most of these papers are sufficiently weighty and robust that they will not quickly become dated.

It was my privilege to be one of the 33 contributors present for that week in June 2010. I got to sit among godly scholars for a week and mingle with them over meals. For the proceedings we sat behind tables set up in a large rectangle, and I sat between Henri Blocher (a brilliant systematic theologian) and Steve Dempster (an outstanding OT exegete and biblical theologian). I love those men: meek, humble, brilliant, and lion-hearted. My guess is that the average age of the contributors was in the 50s. Only five weeks earlier I had defended my TEDS dissertation and turned 30 years old, so I was the most junior academic on the team. I spent most of that week intently listening rather than talking!

I contributed to the volume by coauthoring an essay with Doug Moo: “The Problem of the New Testament’s Use of the Old Testament” (pp. 702–46). Our chapter updates Moo’s 1986 essay “The Problem of Sensus Plenior,” in Hermeneutics, Authority, and Canon. We explain why the way the NT uses the OT does not argue against Scripture’s inerrancy. Here’s the essay’s outline:

• Situating the Problem
• Correctly Defining the Problem
  • The Nature of Inspiration
  • The Nature and Purpose of References to the Old Testament
    • Using Old Testament Language as a Vehicle of Expression
    • Applying Old Testament Principles
    • Representing Alternative Points of View
  • The Meaning of Fulfillment Language
• Proposed Solutions to the Problem
  • Fideism
  • Subjectivism
  • Jewish Exegetical Methods
    • Evaluating Jewish Exegetical Methods Humbly
    • Understanding Jewish Exegetical Methods
    • Comparing Jewish Exegetical Methods and NT Practices
    • Distinguishing Appropriation Techniques and Hermeneutical Axioms
    • Solving the Problem?
  • Dual Authorship
  • Walter Kaiser’s Theological Exegesis
    • Definition
    • Strengths
    • Weaknesses
    • Partial Solution
  • Richard B. Hays’s Intertextual Approach
    • Definition
    • Example: Isaiah 52:5 in Romans 2:24
    • Strengths
    • Weaknesses
  • Typology
    • Definition
    • Example: Psalm 22 in the Gospels
    • Partial Solution
  • Sensus Plenior
    • Definition
    • Objections
    • Partial Solution
  • Canonical Approach
    • Definition
    • Strengths
• Conclusions
  • Psalm 8:6 in 1 Corinthians 15:27
  • Habakkuk 2:4b in Romans 1:17 and Galatians 3:11
  • Hosea 2:23 and 1:10 in Romans 9:25-26
• A Final Note

Update on 3/1/2018: Here is a PDF of the essay:

Moo, Douglas J., and Andrew David Naselli. “The Problem of the New Testament’s Use of the Old Testament.” Pages 702–46 in The Enduring Authority of the Christian Scriptures. Edited by D. A. Carson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016.

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1. 12 Primary Ways the New Testament Uses the Old Testament
2. Three Views on the NT Use of the OT
3. Beale and Carson’s Commentary on the NT’s Use of the OT
4. Scripture: How the Bible is a Book Like No Other