Kenneth A. Kitchen on Pentateuchal Criticism and Interpretation

The following booklet is now on-line in PDF on my new "Latest Material" page:

Kenneth A. Kitchen, Pentateuchal Criticism and Interpretation. Notes ofthree lectures given at the Annual Conference of the Theological Students' Fellowship, held at The Hayes, Swanwick, Derbyshire from December 27 to 31, 1965. Leicester: TSF, 1965. Pbk. pp.51.

My thanks to UCCF for their permission to reproduce what is probably a fairly rare document now.

Joseph B. Tyson on "Works of Law" in Galatians

The following article is now online in PDF:

Joseph B. Tyson, “'Works of law' in Galatians,” Journal of Biblical Literature 92.3 (Sept. 1973): 423-431. Click here to read.

G.T. Manley's "The Book of the Law" now on-line

The following book is now available in Deja Vu format:

G.T. Manley, The Book of the Law: Studies in the Date of Deuteronomy. London: Tyndale, 1957. Hbk. pp.192.

A viewer for this file format can be found here.

Gordon Wenham on the Books of the Law

The following article is now online in PDF:

Gordon Wenham, "The Perplexing Pentateuch," Vox Evangelica 17 (1987): 7-22.

This would be a useful article to recommend to anyone beginning a course on the Old Testament Law, though I'm not sure I would recommend the books by Alan Hayward and Henri Blocher on Genesis so enthusiastically.

Peter Nelson on Jesus' Teaching on the Law

The following article is now on-line in PDF:

P.G. Nelson, "Christian Morality: Jesus' Teaching on the Law," Themelios 32.1 (October 2006): 4-17.

Peter Nelson concludes:

Jesus’ teaching on the Law provides a clear answer to the question, ‘How does he want Christians to live?’ He wants them, with the help of the Holy Spirit, to keep the laws in the OT, interpreted according to their purpose, and raised to the standard he set out in the Sermon on the Mount. This has the effect of extending some laws (e.g. ‘You shall not murder’) and replacing others by more demanding versions of them (e.g. the food laws). Paul's teaching can be interpreted in a way that is consistent with this.

Also by the same author:

James' Instructions to Ill Christians

Paul's Advice on Spiritual Gifts: An Exposition of 1 Corinthians 12-14

Faith and Works: Squaring the Circle

God's Sovereignty and Human Freedom

Unanswered Prayer

What is the Gospel? - A Key Question for Evangelicals Today

My thanks to Dr Nelson for allowing me to host his articles.

Vox Evangelica Volume 13 (1983) now on-line

The following articles are now on-line in PDF:

Joyce G. Baldwin, "The Role of the Ten Commandments (Laing Lecture for 1981)," Vox Evangelica 13 (1983): 7-18.

David W. Bebbington, "The Gospel in the Nineteenth Century (Laing Lecture for 1982)," Vox Evangelica 13 (1983): 19-28.

M.J. Evans, "The Law in James," Vox Evangelica 13 (1983): 29-40.

Alan P.E. Sell, "Theology and the Philosophical Climate: Case-Studies From the Second Century AD (Part 1)," Vox Evangelica 13 (1983): 41-66.

R.R. Cook, "The Nature of Man - Has the Ghost in the Machine Finally Been Exorcised," Vox Evangelica 13 (1983): 67-78.

D.R. de Lacey, "Language and Imagery of George Caird," Vox Evangelica 13 (1983): 79-84.

F.P. Cotterell, "Language, Imagery and Meaning," Vox Evangelica 13 (1983): 85-92.

Vox Evangelica Volume 8 (1973) now on-line

The following articles are now available in PDF:

Donald J. Wiseman, "Law and Order in Old Testament Times," Vox Evangelica 8 (1973): 5-21.

Leslie C. Allen, "Micah's Social Concern," Vox Evangelica 8 (1973): 22-32.

Arthur E. Cundall, "The United Monarchy: Fact or Fiction?" Vox Evangelica 8 (1973): 33-39.

Arthur Cundall, who wrote the Tyndale OT Commentary on Judges, always has something insightful to say about the period of the Judges and the Monarchy and this article is no exception. He concludes:

We conclude our study with a few brief observations concerning the differences in organisation between Judah and Israel at this point. The accession of Rehoboam in Judah appears to have been automatic, with the principle of dynastic rule through the Davidic covenant being firmly accepted. This did not obtain in the north, however. Rehoboam presented himself at Shechem, subsequently the first capital of Jeroboam’s kingdom and already a vitally important covenantal centre (cf. Deut. 27; Josh. 24; Judg. 9:6), for the acceptance of the northern tribes, possibly by acclamation (cf. 1 Sam. 10:24; 2 Kgs. 11:12). That he regarded it, mistakenly, as a mere formality, is incidental; what is important is that his accession involved a negotiated convenantal agreement with ‘the assembly of Israel’, a constituted body which still functioned in spite of almost eighty years of ‘united monarchy’ under David and Solomon (cf. the negotiations of 2 Sam. 3:17-21; 5:3 which reveal a similar pattern). Constitutionally, there were still two kingdoms, not one, and the renewed cry of 1 Kgs. 12:16 (cf. 2 Sam. 20:1) shows how deep­-seated was the hostility and desire for independence of the northern tribes. There was a ‘united monarchy’ in the sense that one king ruled over Israel as well as Judah, but any essential unity was conspicuously lacking.

Donald Guthrie, "The New Testament Approach to Social Responsibility," Vox Evangelica 8 (1973): 40-59.

Derek J. Tidball, "Some Contemporary Evangelicals and Social Thinking," Vox Evangelica 8 (1973): 60-79.

The final two articles are particularly relevant today with the recent release of the film Amazing Grace about the campaign of William Wilberforce to abolish slavery.

Volume 9 is scheduled to appear about mid April. For the next few weeks I will be republishing (among others) a series of articles from Evangelical Quarterly by F.F. Bruce, Richard Bauckham and John Oswalt.