Scholarly Humility

“I have sometimes learned most from scholars with whom I have agreed least: they compel one to think, and rethink.”  F.F. Bruce*

“I frequently tell my students that quite a high proportion of what I say is probably wrong, or at least flawed or skewed in some way which I do not at the moment realize.  The only problem is that I do not know which bits are wrong; if I did I might do something about it.”  N.T. Wright**

*  Preface to “The Epistles To the Colossians, To Philemon, And To The Ephesians”, NICNT, Eerdmans, 1984

** Preface to “The New Testament And The People Of God”, SPCK, 1996