I spent last week at the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society. One of the benefits to attendees is good prices on the latest books, usually at 50% discount. I’ve attended three times previously, but for various reasons I purchased very little. This year I bought much more, in part thinking ahead to next year’s study through the Bible and preparation for comprehensive exams. I like seeing what other people (whom I care about) buy, so I thought that some of you might find it of interest if I shared. This is not a complete list, nor is it a recommended list. Perhaps one day I ‘ll comment on some of these after I have read them.
Boyd, Gregory A. and Paul R. Eddy, Across the Spectrum: Understanding Issues in Evangelical Theology.
Hannah, John D., An Uncommon Union: Dallas Theological Seminary and American Evangelicalism. The flyleaf says “Dallas Theological Seminary is often stereotyped as a stronghold of fundamentalism, biblical inerrancy, and dispensational premillennialism. In this groundbreaking book, a graduate and veteran faculty member of DTS explains how the truth is far more complicated than such stereotypes would imply.” Uh-oh.
Meadors, Gary T., ed., Four Views on Moving Beyond the Bible to Theology.
Meyer, Jason C., The End of the Law: Mosaic Covenant in Pauline Theology.
Moore, Russell D., Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families and Churches.
Morgan, Christopher W. and Robert A. Peterson, eds., Suffering and the Goodness of God.
Mortenson, Terry and Thane H. Ury, eds., Coming to Grips with Genesis: Biblical Authority and the Age of the Earth. I’ve seen positive reviews on this book, but after I got it home I saw that it has a chapter defending gapless genealogies in Genesis 5 and 11. Good luck with that.
Oswalt, John N., The Bible Among the Myths: Unique Revelation or Just Ancient Literature? I listened to Oswalt give a survey of this book. I’m also enjoying his commentary on Isaiah.
Smith, Gary V., Isaiah 40-66 (New American Commentary). I also met and talked with Dr. Smith. I’m really enjoying his Isaiah 1-39, and he gave me a preview of his revolutionary thinking contained in the second volume.
Ware, Bruce A., Big Truths for Young Hearts: Teaching and Learning the Greatness of God. I may say something about Ware’s presidential address in the future.
>I saw that it has a chapter defending gapless genealogies in Genesis 5 and 11. Good luck with that.
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The problem is that is you have a system of Biblical interpretation/authority that rests on a literal/historical reading of the whole Bible, you worry that one hole in the dike will breach the whole dam.
Al – the issue is what the author intended. We don’t adopt a non-literal interpretation because it gets us out of problems.
(And in the case of Gen 11, I would argue that a literal reading indicates that it is not a gapless genealogy.)