This is another section of a seminary paper I wrote titled: “Postmodern Biblical Authority?” You can check out the section on deconstruction a few posts back to catch up… Lyotard: Incredulity Toward Metanarratives In 1979, Jean-Francois Lyotard published a book titled, The Postmodern Condition. This contains his most famous quote: “Simplifying to the extreme, I [...]

The following is an excerpt from a short seminary paper I wrote that deals with biblical authority from a postmodern critique… Derrida: Nothing Outside the Text Jacques Derrida was a twentieth century philosopher who is famous for stating: “There is nothing outside the text.”[1] For many, this has been a difficult statement to deal with [...]