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Personal, experiential faith is seldom given a seat at the table of academic theology and biblical studies. However, inEncountering Jesus, Encountering Scripture David Crump argues--with the assistance of Soren Kierkegaard's religious philosophy-- that "authentic understanding, and thus authentic Christian commitment, can only arise from the personal commitment that is faith."

Examining the various biblical, historical, cultural, theological, and academic hurdles demanding a truly Kierkegaardian leap of faith before one can meet the resurrected Jesus, Crump provides a very insightful and intriguing discussion of key New Testament texts and critical issues pertaining to them, reveals how Truth is discovered only through the subjectivity of faith.