At the risk of repeating myself:
Why do you think that God told us, through the mouth of His servant David, not to lean on our own understanding?
Pro 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Pro 3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Why do you suppose we are admonished not to be wise in our own eyes?
Pro 3:7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
Pro 3:8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
Just as our works are as filthy rags before a Holy God, so is all of our much vaunted "scholarship" nothing but foolishness before His omniscience.
If you are truly seeking after wisdom, I will whisper in your ear, and you will know where to find it:
Pro 2:3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
Pro 2:4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
Pro 2:5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
Pro 2:6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
Pro 2:7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
Pro 2:8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
But, I tell you, there will be fine, learned scholars left standing outside the gate, while those with simple, childish hearts are welcomed inside.
Mat 18:3 And said,
Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Mat 18:4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Mat 18:5 And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.
Mat 18:6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
And that's what God has to say about it.
And this is what I am going to tell you, or anyone else who tries to prove Biblical doctrine from some scholarly treatise.
I'm very seriously not impressed with these outside sources.
Heck, I can write a book, myself...and have done so. Anyone with a bit of imagination who can string a sentence together can do it, if they put their mind to it. To sit down and write about your opinions proves absolutely nothing at all except that you have opinions, and perhaps you are a bit better at expressing them than someone else.
And again, Justaname, all you prove with your quotes from other writers is that those people also agree with you. So what? That doesn't mean that you or they are right.
We can pull up other writers who do not agree with you...but what is the point?
If we find a million writers who agree with either one of us, that doesn't mean that we, or our "experts" are right.
As I said earlier, just as all of our good works are as filthy rags before a Holy God, so is all of our scholarship nothing more than foolishness before His omniscience.
At the end of the day, none of those writers can get you into heaven. Only God can do that.
It might be better to forget all those silly scholars, and attend unto what the Lord has to say about it....