This book redresses a misunderstanding in the history of biblical interpretation. Hoon J. Lee
provides the first study of the biblical accommodation debate of the Enlightenment. The heavily
contested doctrine spurred numerous biblical scholars theologians and philosophers to debate
the nature of divine revelation communicated through human words. As biblical accommodation was
coupled with historical criticism the participants in this literary debate fought over the
authority inspiration and inerrancy of the Bible. Examining the wide range of writing on the
doctrine of accommodation Lee surveys the Dutch discussion of accommodation that leads up to
the German debate. In doing so he provides the historical development of Augustinian and
Socinian accommodation.
