Is the COW found within the Framework Hypothesis?

[shackleton]

From what I understand of the FH it does not seem that it allows for a COW. If the FH is only a story about what happened but did not actually happen the way the bible, literally as in it really happened the way it says, (do not read literalistically) the is there still room for a COW?

 

[dannyhyde]

Hi Erick,

I'm not quite sure what your question is asking. Because the Framework Interpretation deals specifically with the question of Genesis 1 and the days of creation, it does not deal specifically with the CoW.

That being said, no one in the modern church advocated and defended the CoW more than Meredith Kline, who also promoted the Framework Interpretation more than anyone else.

You need to read his book, Kingdom Prologue. While I disagree with my beloved professor on the creation days stuff, this masterful book of exegesis excels on on the covenant in the Garden. No one taught me to love the Gospel more than Dr. Kline.

If you go to this page, you can read other writings as well as some .pdfs of certain pages in Kingdom Prologue that deal with the CoW.

 

[shackleton]

Maybe I misunderstand exactly what the FH is. I thought it was more of a literary genre rather than the exact details of what happened. Assuming that maybe there was not a real person named Adam and therefore there could not have been a COW since there was not really anyone there to make it with.

 

[dannyhyde]

Maybe I misunderstand exactly what the FH is. I thought it was more of a literary genre rather than the exact details of what happened. Assuming that maybe there was not a real person named Adam and therefore there could not have been a COW since there was not really anyone there to make it with.

Hi Erick,

Are you referring to a specific advocate of Framework? I ask because it is a way of reading the text. There very well may be someone who advocates this reading and denies the historicity of Adam, but those two things are not connected. Read Dr. Kline and you'll see that while he advocates a literary approach to the text, he defends vehemently the historicity of the text and of Adam. I do not agree with the Framework Interpretation, but have read several of its advocates and none of them even hint at the possibility of a non-historical Adam.

 

[shackleton]

Where can I find a good source that explains the FH?

 

[dannyhyde]

Where can I find a good source that explains the FH?

Read the book I linked you to, Kingdom Prologue.

 

[Grymir]

Is the framework hypothosis being confused with the documentary (JEPD) theory?

 

[shackleton]

I remember reading about it in Wayne Grudems Sys. Theo. I guess I will have to go back and re-read it.