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Introduction : philosophical prolegomena. Foundations of religious knowledge ; The development of the concept of revelation -- Christianity and the revelational cosmos--a philosophical case for a theistic metaphysics. The development of the theistic position ; Viable alternatives and critical objections ; The culmination of general revelation -- Christianity and the revelational person--an historical/critical case for the incarnation of God in Jesus Christ. The Christian concept of the Christ ; The critical controversy concerning the Christ ; A concluding christological synthesis -- Christianity and the revelational word--the propositional expression of revelation in Scripture. The Bible and its structure : the internal nature of propositional revelation ; The Bible and science : the external relation of Scripture propositions to scientific truth-claims ; The Bible and Christian religious experience : the progressive realization of Scriptural truth-claims in personal life -- Epilogue : a summary reflection