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=====Michael Licona=====
In 2010, [[Michael Licona]] published a book defending the resurrection of Jesus called, ''The Resurrection of Jesus: A New Historiographical Approach''. In one part of the book, Licona raised questions about the literal interpretation of the resurrection of the saints in Matthew 27:51-53. He suggests the passage of scripture is an apocalyptic genre.<ref name=licona>Licona, Michael. ''The Resurrection of Jesus: A New Historiographical Approach'', Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2010. 34.</ref> Scholars such as Norman Geisler accused Licona of denying the full inerrancy of the Bible in general and the Gospel narratives in particular.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Christopher |title=Mike Licona on Inerrancy: It’sIt's Worse than We Originally Thought – NORMAN GEISLER |url=https://normangeisler.com/mike-licona-on-inerrancy-its-worse-than-we-originally-thought/ |access-date=2023-11-26 |language=en-US}}</ref> As a result, Licona resigned from his position as research professor of New Testament at [[Southern Evangelical Seminary]] and apologetics coordinator for the [[North American Mission Board]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jr |first=Bobby Ross |date=2011-11-07 |title=Interpretation Sparks a Grave Theology Debate |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2011/november/interpretation-sparks-theology-debate.html |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=ChristianityToday.com |language=en}}</ref>
 
== Modern Catholic discussion ==
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These views are shared by many Church officials and as a result are taken for granted in some Church documents. For instance:
* An official report (1999) on theological conversations between the [[US Conference of Catholic Bishops]] and the [[Southern Baptist Convention]], to be found on the website of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops:<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 10, 1999 |title=Report on Sacred Scripture |url=https://www.usccb.org/resources/Report-on-Sacred-Scripture.pdf |website=United States Conference of Catholic Bishops}}</ref>{{pb}}{{blockquote|For Roman Catholics, inerrancy is understood as a consequence of biblical inspiration; it has to do more with the truth of the Bible as a whole than with any theory of verbal inerrancy. Vatican II says that "the books of Scripture must be acknowledged as teaching firmly, faithfully, and without error that truth which God wanted put into the sacred writings for the sake of our salvation" (Dei verbum 11). What is important is the qualification of "that truth" with "for the sake of our salvation."}}
* A 2005 "teaching document" issued by the Bishops' Conferences of England and Wales, and of Scotland, entitled ''The Gift of Scripture'':<ref>{{Cite webbook |date=2005 |title=The Gift of Scripture |url=https://www.liturgyoffice.org.uk/Resources/Scripture/GoS.pdf |website=Liturgy Office |publisher=Catholic Truth Society |isbn=1 -86082 -323 -8}}</ref>{{pb}}{{blockquote|14.{{nbsp}}[...] The books thus declared canonical and inspired by the Spirit of God contain 'the truth which God wished to be set down in the sacred writings for the sake of our salvation' (Dei verbum 11). It is important to note this teaching of the Second Vatican Council that the truth of Scripture is to be found in all that is written down 'for the sake of our salvation'. We should not expect total accuracy from the Bible in other, secular matters. We should not expect to find in Scripture full scientific accuracy or complete historical precision.}}
* The {{lang|la|instrumentum laboris}} (working paper) for the 2008 Synod of Bishops on the Word of God:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/synod/documents/rc_synod_doc_20080511_instrlabor-xii-assembly_en.html|title = The Word of God in the life and mission of the Church}}</ref>{{pb}}{{blockquote|15.{{nbsp}}[...] even though all parts of Sacred Scripture are divinely inspired, inerrancy applies only to 'that truth which God wanted put into sacred writings for the sake of salvation" (DV 11).{{efn|The English translation on the Vatican website has been corrected here to bring it in line with the official Latin text: {{lang|la|"quamvis omnes Sacrae Scripturae partes divinitus inspiratae sint, tamen eius inerrantia pertinet tantummodo ad «veritatem, quam Deus nostrae salutis causa Litteris Sacris consignari voluit»}} (DV 11)"}}}}