Bible Interpreters of the Twentieth Century: A Selection of Evangelical Voices

Your shelves may be full of commentaries and Bible reference volumes, but do you know who wrote them and why? Without a glimpse into authors' lives, we may never learn how the personal faith of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801020735
• ISBN13: 9780801020735
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Baker Pub Group
• Length: 445 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

I'm glad I got the book.......I guess

A general review of the birth, family background, education and achievements of 35 scholars. To see the list of names, click to look at the book, and check the back cover. Its 445 pages, and its actually a pretty quick read. I think I covered it in about 3 evenings. The authors let you know that their personal bias is towards the reformed/calvi perspective. (e.g. There is no question that X was a Calvinist --- a five point Calvinist. He was also a balanced Calvinist.....pg 139.) And indeed, out of 35 reviews, some 27 of them were as such. On some of the non-R/C scholars, the writer may add comments like....."some experts criticize this view because of xyz" . Man's idolum requires protection, when it can't pick itself up. [Judges 6:30 :~] I got a kick out looking out for that extra flare of super-flourish at the onset of each review, and said to myself.....I'll bet this one is a R/C. Sure enough the superlatives always proved the giveaway. I really did appreciate the review on Joyce Baldwin-Caine, and am now on the look-out for some of her work. F.F. Bruce is one of my favorites, so it was nice to see him in the list and read what they had about him. His best work, (IMHO) is "Paul Apostle of the heart set free". He so consistently calls a spade a spade, eager to point out that religious flesh is not synonymous with spiritual maturity. No ego, no self-promotion, no hero worship, no fluff.....what a guy! :) I look forward to seeing some further reviews on scholars, with ( if possible) less theological bias.

The Lives of Great Men Revealed.

I love biographies, so this book was a no brainer for me. What I didn't realize when I purchased it was just how many great men have their stories told in this book. J.C. Ryles, John A. Broadus, A.T. Robertson, Arthur W. Pink, Ned Bernard Stonehouse, Merrill C. Tenney, Merrill F. Unger, F.F. Bruce, Leon Morris, D.A. Carson, Gordon Fee, and my personal favorite, William Hendriksen. But there's more, thirty-five biographies in all, told in 446 pages.These men all have wonderful, glorious stories. You can see how God has used their lives in wonderful ways.If you love great biographies, then this book is for you.

An Excellent Survey Of Evangelical Voices

Walter Elwell has made quite a wave in the world of biblical and theological studies by his editorial work for a number of excellent reference works. This volume, a survey of the most important Evangelical biblical scholars is a contender for equal excellence.I recommend the book for the following reasons. First, it does include enough of the most important scholars to make the volume worth purchasing. George Eldon Ladd, Joyce Baldwin, N.T. Wright, J.C. Ryle, Ralph P. Martin, D.A. Carson and many others are covered herein. Second, the chapters on each figure give biographical info and a survey of their scholarly work. This allows us to get behind the authors of some of the most influential evangelical works and see where they came from and what made them. Third, it gives a good picture of the joys and pains involved in the life of the conservative, biblical scholar of the 2oth century. Many of these scholars, though truly excellent, walked a line which drew fire from groups to their right and their left. I'm only saddened that every worthy scholar cannot be included. There a number of other contempories with D.A. Carson and N.T. Wright that deserve recognition and notice. Figures such as I. Howard Marshall, Ben Witherington III, and Peter O'Brien come to mind. Such a work would grow to inestimable size and be overwhelming to the reader! I hope that a revision will take place including more scholars and published in hardback for durability. I also hope that a companion volume detailing theologians will be published. Come on Elwell do it again!

Great Reference

I love the set of reference works that Elwell has edited and this one doesn't break the streak. For anyone interested in 20th century evangelical theology, this is a must.It covers T. Zahn, A. Schlatter, G. Vos, A. T. Robertson, A. W. Pink, O. T. Allis, N. Stonehouse, E. J. Young, F. F. Bruce, G. E. Ladd, Leon Morris, John Wenham, Donald Guthrie, Walter Kaiser, Gordon Fee, Edwin Yamauchi, D. A. Carson, and N. T. Wright.All the chapters are well written, include a bio and a helpful summary of each scholar's theology.