To view the Bible as self-authenticating is absurd. Why not be a Mormon, or a Muslim?
I don’t know - probably the Southern Evangelical Seminary (SES) would know
If the Bible is the word of God, then it is not merely self-authenticating, as it is backed not only by itself, but also by the Triune God.
To insist it is not self-authenticating is to deny it is the word of God.
To recognize that which is God, whether it be men or writings, is not the same as submitting to the same. And thus the devil and his proxies who recognize Scripture as being of God employ its authority by abusing it.
But self-authenticating is not to mean Scripture is of God because it says it is, but that like Christ, it authenticates itself by its Divine qualities and power.