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more elemental doctrine. Ridderbos points out, however, that the Pauline doctrine belongs to the long sweep of the development of truth which Jesus of course knew, but a large part of which He did not directly teach. The German name, Heilsgeschichte (his tory of redemption), covers what can be the only realistic concept of the Pauline theology which is not “a cor- pus-alienum or a speculative addition to the original gospel.” 153 pages; cloth; Baker Book House, Grand Rap ids; $3.50. Criticism to some means only a derogatory attitude toward the Bible whereas it is really the careful and scholarly investigation and evaluation of it. Criticism helps to defend the integrity of the Bible as well as to attack it — it all depends upon the criticism. Professor Broomall (of Ers- k i ne Theo l og i ca l Seminary, Due West, S.C.) spends two chapters on inspiration, two on criticism itself, one on the destructive higher critics’ position, one on the Old Testament text and canon, one on archaeology and criticism, one on Daniel, and a final chapter on criticism and inter pretation. Some of the arguments of the critics themselves are turned back upon them by the author. This he does in regard to the Persian and Greek words in Daniel. He admits that not all the problems can be solved, but he holds the critics to the same position when there is insuf ficient evidence to warrant a safe con clusion. 320 pages; cloth; Zondervan Publ. House, Grand Rapids; $4.95. One leams, it may be to his sur prise, that in a marriage there are six persons involved, not merely two —“the husband as a person, the hus band as he imagines himself to be, the husband as the wife pictures him; the wife as a person, the wife as she imagines herself to be, and the wife as her husband pictures her.” The Biblical Criticism By Wick Broomall Love and Conflict By Gibson Winter
Things to Come A Study in Biblical Eschatology by J. Dwigikt Pentecost Eschatology has been the last of the major doctrines of the Bible to come in for separate systematic treat ment by the theologians. Such a vol ume as this has long been needed. The author of this work is to be com mended for the undertaking. Realizing the crucial character of hermeneutics, the author devotes his first four chapters to the subject. Chapter 4 covers the interpretation of prophecy. The second section of the book deals with the relationship of the biblical covenants to eschatol ogy. The dispensational position is held and developed throughout the book. By the very nature and importance of the subjects, extended treatment is accorded to the rapture, the trib ulation, the second advent and the millennium. The eternal state is dis tinguished from the millennium and gets its own section. It is interesting to note that Dr. Pentecost has gone beyond his teacher, Dr. Chafer, in detail—and that is as Dr. Chafer would have wanted it, no doubt. Dr. Chafer developed a chronology of prophesied events, which the present writer does not do in detail, although the events discussed are more or less in chronological order. There is an extensive bibliography of 13 pages and subject and textual indexes covering 35 pages. Doubtless for a long time this will be a standard textbook on the subject. 633 pages; cloth; Dunham Publ. Co., Findlay, Ohio, $7.95. Poul and Jesus By H. N. Ridderbos Paul’s writing about Jesus and His message is the subject of much theo logical discussion. Some would have it. that Paul created a new Jesus, others that he merely developed Jesus’ doctrine, albeit on the basis of his further revelation. The present au thor, Professor of New Testament at the Theological Seminary in Kam- pen, the Netherlands, recognizes that some schools have placed the so-called “religion of Paul” so far from that of Jesus that they have been tempted to forsake the Pauline in favor of the
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