Vox Evangelica Volume 24 now on-line

The following articles are now online in PDF:

Alan Kreider, "Worship and Evangelism in Pre-Christendom (The Laing Lecture for 1994)," Vox Evangelica 24 (1994): 7-38.

Meic Pearce, "The Laing Lecture for 1994: First Response," Vox Evangelica 24 (1994): 39-40.

Philip King, "The Laing Lecture for 1994: Second Response," Vox Evangelica 24 (1994): 41-42.

Clive Calver, "Red Herrings and Hot Potatoes: The Real Isssues for Evangelicals Today," Vox Evangelica 24 (1994): 43-54.

Martin Wroe, "First Response to Red Herrings and Hot Potatoes: The Real Isssues for Evangelicals Today," Vox Evangelica 24 (1994): 55-58.

Derek Tidball, "Second Response to Red Herrings and Hot Potatoes: The Real Isssues for Evangelicals Today," Vox Evangelica 24 (1994): 59-62.

Alan M. Linfield, "Sheeps and Goats: Current Evangelical Thought on the Nature of Hell and the Scope of Salvation," Vox Evangelica 24 (1994): 63-76.

Mary J. Evans, "'A Plague on Both Your Houses': Cursing and Blessing Reviewed," Vox Evangelica 24 (1994): 77-90.

Steve Motyer, "Expounding 1 Timothy 2:8-15," Vox Evangelica 24 (1994): 91-102.

Max Turner, "'Empowerment for Mission'? The Pneumatology of Luke-Acts: An Appreciation and Critique of James R. Shelton's Mighty in Word and Deed," Vox Evangelica 24 (1994): 103-122.

F.F. Bruce on Christianity Under Claudius

The following article is now online in PDF:

F.F. Bruce, "Christianity Under Claudius," Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 44.1 (March 1962): 309-26.

F.F. Bruce summarises the facts and theories surrounding the Emperor Claudius' relationship with the early church.

F.F. Bruce on the Speeches in Acts

The following article is now on-line in PDF:

F.F. Bruce, The Speeches in the Acts of the Apostles. Tyndale New Testament Lecture, 1942. London: The Tyndale Press, 1943. pp.27.

This is an important article that deserves a renewed readership. FFB concludes:

We need not suppose that the speeches in Acts are verbatim reports in the sense that they record every word used by the speakers on the occasions in question. Paul, we know, was given to long sermons (cf. Acts xx, 2, 7, 9; xxviii, 23); but any one of the speeches attributed to him in Acts may be read through aloud in a few minutes. But I suggest that reason has been shown to conclude that the speeches reported by Luke are at least faithful epitomes, giving the gist of the arguments used. Even in summarizing the speeches. Luke would naturally introduce more or less of his own style; but in point of fact it frequently seems to be less, not more. Taken all in all, each speech suits the speaker, the audience, and the circumstances of delivery; and this, along with the other points we have considered, gives good ground, in my judgment, for believing these speeches to be, not inventions of the historian, but condensed accounts of speeches actually made, and therefore valuable and independent sources for the history and theology of the primitive Church.

Bruce returns to the subject after 30 years of further reflection in this article:

F. F. Bruce, "The Speeches In Acts: Thirty Years After," Robert Banks, ed., Reconciliation and Hope. New Testament Essays on Atonement and Eschatology Presented to L.L. Morris on his 60th Birthday. Carlisle: The Paternoster Press, 1974. pp.53-68.

Tyndale Bulletin to be put on-line this year

In November 2005 Mark Goodacre noted in his blog that he never consulted Tyndale Bulletin "because of its weak on-line presence". I have heard that this is about to change and that later this year the complete run of Tyndale Bulletin will be available on-line to subscribers (with new editions appearing after one year). When it appears I will of course be linking to this articles from my sites, but in the mean-time I have been given permission to host 10 articles from the journal. The first four are now available, 3 on www.biblicalstudies.org.uk and one on www.earlychurch.org.uk (see my other blog for details).

Edwin M. Yamauchi, "Magic in the biblical world," Tyndale Bulletin 34 (1983): 169-200.

John F. Maile, "The Ascension in Luke-Acts," Tyndale Bulletin 37 (1986): 29-59.

Thomas Renz, "Proclaiming the future: history and theology in prophecies against Tyre," Tyndale Bulletin 51.1 (2000): 17-58.

The remaining articles will appear as I receive permission from the authors.