Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society back issues from September 2002:
William Henry Green and the authoriship of the pentateuch: Some historical considerations
Sep 01, 2002; ... I. INTRODUCTION One of the dominant figures from Princeton Theological Seminary of the late nineteenth century was William Henry Green (1825-1900), Helena Professor of Oriental and Old Testament Literature.1 His many writings on the Pentateuch,2 Hebrew grammar,3 and other topics4 ...
The historical Jesus according to John Dominic Crossan's first strata sources: A critical comment
Sep 01, 2002; ... I. INTRODUCTION When John Dominic Crossan wrote The Historical Jesus ten years ago, there were undoubtedly many who thought that his idiosyncratic view of Jesus was just another fad. In the last ten years, however, Crossan has written no less than nine additional books1 and has ...
On the renewal of interest in the doctrine of sanctification: A methodological reminder
Sep 01, 2002; ... By now it goes without saying that along with the resurgence of interest in "spirituality" within our general Western culture there is also a renewal of interest in "Christian spirituality" amongst Christian believers. Surely within evangelicalism there is a movement afoot, if not already in ...
"Re-Imagining" the Princeton mind: Postconservative Evangelicalism, Old Princeton, and the rise of Neo-Fundamentalism
Sep 01, 2002; ... I. INTRODUCTION It has become something of an article of faith in the historiography of American Christianity that the theologians at Old Princeton Seminary were scholastic rationalists whose doctrine of Scripture was shaped by the Scottish Common Sense Realism of the "Didactic ...
From Wheaton to Rome: Why Evangelicals become Roman Catholic
Sep 01, 2002; ... I. INTRODUCTION People convert to Roman Catholicism for a variety of reasons and, though the stories that follow will illustrate a fairly uniform paradigm, it is mistaken to think persons convert to Catholicism for one basic reason.1 Moreover, because recent technical study of ...
Perspectives on biblical interpretation: A review article
Sep 01, 2002; ... The recent two-volume Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation edited by Dr. John Hayes is a notable achievement and the most extensive English work of its kind in over a decade.1 It enlists the support of some 400 contributors from Protestant (primarily), Roman and Orthodox Catholic ...
Perspectives on homosexuality: A review article
Sep 01, 2002; ... Although much has been published-in journals and books-on the Christian approach to homosexuality, the steady stream of publications continues. This article reviews six recent books that deal with the topic.1 The content of these books reflects the diversity of opinion in the church today about ...
Encountering the Old Testament. A Christian Survey
Sep 01, 2002; ... Encountering the Old Testament. A Christian Survey. By Bill T. Arnold and Bryan E. Beyer. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1999, 512 pp. + Interactive CD-ROM, $49.99. Finding a suitable textbook for undergraduate college surveys is an arduous task, but this has become somewhat easier with Arnold ...
Christians and Roman Rule in the New Testament
Sep 01, 2002; ... Christians and Roman Rule in the New Testament. By Richard J. Cassidy. New York: Crossroad, 2001, 146 pp., $25.95. This work is part of the "Companions to the New Testament" series, which is intended to "unite New Testament study with theological concerns in a clear and concise manner" ...
The Quest of the Historical Jesus
Sep 01, 2002; ... The Quest of the Historical Jesus. By Albert Schweitzer. Edited by John Bowden. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2001, xlvi + 562 pp., $33.00 paper. Most seminarians have heard of this book. They learn that the gifted German theologian, musician, and later missionary doctor to Africa chronicled ...
Jesus Against Christianity: Reclaiming the Missing Jesus
Sep 01, 2002; ... Jesus Against Christianity: Reclaiming the Missing Jesus. By Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer. Harrisburg: Trinity Press International, 2001, xvi + 368 pp., $20.00 paper. This book is both academically and theologically shallow. Academically, the author's reading in the area of Jesus studies is ...
Mark / Gospel of Mark: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary
Sep 01, 2002; ... Mark. By Edwin K. Broadhead. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001, 163 pp., $57.50, $19.50 paper. Mark. By Timothy J. Geddert. Believers Church Bible Commentary. Scottdale: Herald, 2001, 454 pp., $24.99 paper. Gospel of Mark: A Socio-- Rhetorical Commentary. By Ben Witherington III. Grand ...
The God of the Gospel of John
Sep 01, 2002; ... The God of the Gospel of John. By Marianne Meye Thompson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001, x + 269 pp., $22.00. The present volume has the distinction of having received an award of merit in biblical studies from the Christianity Today 2002 book awards. At the outset, it should be noted ...
After Paul Left Corinth: The Influence of Secular Ethics and Social Change
Sep 01, 2002; ... After Paul Left Corinth: The Influence of Secular Ethics and Social Change. By Bruce W. Winter Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001, xvi + 344 pp., 7 plates, $28.00 paper. "Now, concerning your question about meat sacrificed to idols . . . " and so Paul begins to address issues raised by ...
The Reverse of the Curse: Paul, Wisdom and the Law
Sep 01, 2002; ... The Reverse of the Curse: Paul, Wisdom and the Law. By C. Marvin Pate. WUNT 114. Tubingen: Mohr-Siebeck, 2000, xxii + 536 pp., $110.00. In this work, Pate describes first-century Christianity as a tension between two major apostolic movements, with a third attempting to moderate ....
The Letters to the Thessalonians: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary
Sep 01, 2002; ... The Letters to the Thessalonians: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary. By Abraham J. Malherbe. AB 32B. New York: Doubleday, 2000, xx + 508 pp., $50.00. For more than thirty years, Abraham Malherbe has produced meticulous research on the social and rhetorical setting of ...
The King-Priest of Psalm 110 in Hebrews
Sep 01, 2002; ... The King-Priest of Psalm 110 in Hebrews. By David R. Anderson. Studies in Biblical Literature 21. New York: Peter Lang, 2001, 342 pp., $65.95. Although it is never stated, The King-Priest of Psalm 110 in Hebrews was originally presented to Dallas Theological Seminary in 1998 as a ...
The Letter of James
Sep 01, 2002; ... The Letter of James. By Douglas J. Moo. PNTC. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000, 288 pp., $28.00. The letter of James has its share of hermeneutical conundrums, and Douglas Moo has done an admirable job in dealing with them. This volume is an expansion and reworking of Moo's 1985 work on ...
1, 2, 3 John: An Exegetical and Theological Exposition of Holy Scripture
Sep 01, 2002; ... 1, 2, 3 John: An Exegetical and Theological Exposition of Holy Scripture. By Daniel L. Akin. NAC. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 2001, 296 pp., $29.99. Editors of a new commentary series argue for its existence in a variety of ways. For instance, the editors of the New American ...
New Testament Themes
Sep 01, 2002; ... New Testament Themes. By David Arthur deSilva. St. Louis: Chalice, 2001, 151 pp., $15.99 paper. The introduction of deSilva's book briefly outlines his plan, proposes four interrelated, dominant themes of the NT (grace, discipleship, the church, and apocalypticism), and states the ...
God so Loved the World: A Christology for Disciples
Sep 01, 2002; ... God So Loved the World: A Christology for Disciples. By Jonathan R. Wilson. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2001, 213 pp., $16.99 paper. Wilson starts by stating his indebtedness to Julian Hartt (author of A Christian Critique of American Culture: An Essay in Practical Theology [New York: Harper ...
Gift Giver: The Holy Spirit for Today
Sep 01, 2002; ... BOOK REVIEWS Gift Giver: The Holy Spirit for Today. By Craig S. Keener. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2001, 224 pp., $16.99. Craig Keener has won respect within the evangelical precincts of NT scholarship on the merits of his vast encyclopedic knowledge within his areas of research, his ...
Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth? Why Much of What We Teach About Evolution is Wrong
Sep 01, 2002; ... Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth? Why Much of What We Teach About Evolution Is Wrong. By Jonathan Wells. Washington, D.C.: Regnery, 2000, 338 pp., $27.95. "As I was finishing my Ph.D. in cell and development biology ... I noticed that all of my textbooks dealing with evolutionary ...
Religion and the New Republic: Faith in the Founding of America
Sep 01, 2002; ... BOOK REVIEWS Religion and the New Republic: Faith in the Founding of America. By James. S. Hut son, ed. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2000, viii + 213 pp., $22.95 paper. In the face of supposed cultural decline, Americans often lament the disputed maxim that we have ...
The Starting Point of Calvin's Theology
Sep 01, 2002; ... The Starting Point of Calvin's Theology. By George H. Tavard. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000, ix + 199 pp., $20.00. In this new interpretation of Calvin's early career, Reformation historian George Tavard focuses on Calvin's little-studied Psychopannychia written in 1534 but not published ...
The Papacy: An Encyclopedia
Sep 01, 2002; ... The Papacy: An Encyclopedia. By Philippe Levillain, general editor. 3 vols. New York and London: Routledge, 2002. Vol. 1, xxxiv + 613 pp.; vol. 2, vii + 611 pp.; vol. 3, vii + 380 pp.; $395. This formidable three-volume set impresses at first sight by its size, its weight, the quality ...
The Nature and the Thy Name is Love: Process and Wesleyan Theologies in Dialogue
Sep 01, 2002; ... Thy Nature and Thy Name is Love: Process and Wesleyan Theologies in Dialogue. Edited by Bryan P. Stone and Thomas J. Oord. Nashville: Kingswood, 2001, 396 pp., $25.00 paper. This book continues a dialogue that has emerged during the past generation between process and Wesleyan ...
The God Who May Be: A Hermeneutics of Religion
Sep 01, 2002; ... BOOK REVIEWS The God Who May Be: A Hermeneutics of Religion. By Richard Kearney. Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2001, ix + 172 pp., $19.95 paper. In The God Who May Be, Richard Kearney proposes a new definition of God that he is willing to "wage" will help solve the ...
The Future as God's Gift: Explorations in Christian Eschatology
Sep 01, 2002; ... The Future as God's Gift: Explorations in Christian Eschatology. Explorations in Contemporary Theology series. Edited by David Fergusson and Marcel Sarot. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 2000, ix + 252 pp., $29.95 paper. The Future as God's Gift is an annual volume in the Explorations in ...
Sovereign Grace: The Place and Significance of Christian Freedom in John Calvin's Political Thought
Sep 01, 2002; ... Sovereign Grace: The Place and Significance of Christian Freedom in John Calvin's Political Thought. By William R. Stevenson, Jr. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999, xii + 200 pp., $49.95. This is an interesting book that views Calvin from a different angle than many other recent ...
Reformation and Scholasticism: An Ecumenical Enterprise
Sep 01, 2002; ... BOOK REVIEWS Reformation and Scholasticism: An Ecumenical Enterprise. By Willem J. van Asselt and Eef Dekker, eds. Texts and Studies in Reformation and Post-Reformation Thought. General Editor, Richard A. Muller. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 2001, $24.99. Protestant Scholasticism: ...
Darwin's God: Evolution and the Problem of Evil
Sep 01, 2002; ... Darwin's God: Evolution and the Problem of Evil. By Cornelius G. Hunter. Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2001, 192 pp., $17.00. "We need to understand the metaphysical interpretations that are attached to the scientific observations. We need to understand these things because, ultimately, ...
Genetic Turning Points: The Ethics of Human Genetic Intervention
Sep 01, 2002; ... Genetic Turning Points: The Ethics of Human Genetic Intervention. By James C. Peterson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001, xvi + 34 pp., $22.00 paper. The contents of this volume represent a major addition to the current debate surrounding the appropriate limits of genetic engineering. The ...
Introducing Christian Education: Foundations for the Twenty-first Century
Sep 01, 2002; ... Introducing Christian Education: Foundations for the Twenty-first Century. Edited by Michael J. Anthony. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2001, 301 pp., $29.99. Evangelical Dictionary of Christian Education. Edited by Michael J. Anthony. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2001, 747 pp., $49.99. Christian ...
Earth Habitat: Eco-Injustice and the Church's Response
Sep 01, 2002; ... Earth Habitat: Eco-Injustice and the Church's Response. Edited by Dieter Hessel and Larry Rasmussen. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2001, xii + 250 pp., $20.00 paper. For the Beauty of the Earth: A Christian Vision for Creation Care. By Steven Bouma-Prediger. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2001, 234 pp., ...
Life's Ultimate Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy
Sep 01, 2002; ... Life's Ultimate Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy. By Ronald H. Nash. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1999, 395 pp., $29.99 hardcover. In Life's Ultimate Questions, Ronald H. Nash presents philosophy from an explicitly Christian perspective. That distinguishes LUQ from virtually every ...
World Religions in America: An Introduction
Sep 01, 2002; ... World Religions in America: An Introduction. Edited by Jacob Neusner. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2000, xii + 273 pp., $18.95 paper. "Americans are not only a religious people. We are also a people of many religions," asserts editor Jacob Neusner (p. 1). This book is not ...
Henry Drummond: A Perpetual Benediction
Sep 01, 2002; ... Henry Drummond: A Perpetual Benediction. Edited by Thomas E. Corts. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1999, 141 pp., $37.50. This series of essays was originally presented at the 1997 Henry Drummond Centenary Symposium held at the University of Edinburgh and at the 1997 conference "Henry ...
The Gospel of Matthew in Current Study: Studies in Memory of William G Thompson
Sep 01, 2002; ... The Gospel of Matthew in Current Study: Studies in Memory of William G. Thompson, S.J. Edited by David E. Aune. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001, xii + 191 pp., $25.00. These nine essays derive from a colloquium held at Loyola University in 1998. Following the preface by David E. Aune, the ...