G. Douglas Young on The Apocrypha

The following article is now available as both iPaper and PDF:

G. Douglas Young, "The Apocrypha," Carl F.H. Henry, ed., Revelation and the Bible. Contemporary Evangelical Thought. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1958 / London: The Tyndale Press, 1959. pp.171-185.

"Revelation and the Bible" to be placed online

Carl F.H. Henry, editor, Revelation and the Bible: Contemporary Evangelical Thought. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1958 / London: The Tyndale Press, 1959.

With the help of members of the Theology on the Web Facebook Group I have been able to contact the literary executor of the late Dr Carl F.H. Henry and I am delighted to be able to report that I have been granted permission to place the entire contents of this book on-line.

As you will see from the Table of Contents (below) all the articles look really interesting. I have added them to my long "to do" list, but would like to place one of them online straight away. I am therefore going to ask my readers to vote on which one they would most like to read by leaving a comment below. The closing date for suggestions is 12th April.

Table of Contents

Preface by Carl F.H. Henry, pp.7-10

Chapters:

1 G.C. Berkouwer - General and Special Divine Revelation, pp.11-24

2 Gordon H. Clark - Special Divine Revelation as Rational, pp.25-41
3 Paul K. Jewett - Special Revelation as Historical and Personal, pp.43-57
4 William J. Martin - Special Revelation as Objective, pp.59-72

5 N.B. Stonehouse - Special Revelation as Scriptural, pp.73-86
6 James I. Packer - Contemporary Views of Revelation, pp.87-104
7 Alan M. Stibbs - The Witness of Scripture to its Inspiration, pp.105-118
8 Pierre Ch. Marcel - Our Lord's Use of Scripture, pp.119-134
9 Roger Nicole - New Testament Use of the Old Testament, pp.135-151
10 Edward J. Young - The Canon of the Old Testament, pp.153-168
11 G. Douglas Young - The Apocrypha, pp.169-185
12 Herman Ridderbos - The Canon of the New Testament, pp.187-201
13 Geoffrey W. Bromiley - The Church Doctrine of Inspiration, pp.203-217
14 R.A. Finlayson - Contemporary Ideas of Inspiration, pp.219-234
15 Everett F. Harrison - The Phenomena of Scripture, pp.235-250
16 Bernard Ramm - The Evidence of Prophecy and Miracle, 251-263
17 J. Theodore Mueller - The Holy Spirit and the Scriptures, pp.265-281
18 Ernest F. Kevan - The Principles of Interpretation, pp.283-298
19 Donald J. Wiseman - Archaeological Confirmation of the Old Testament, pp.299-316
20 F.F. Bruce - Archaeological Confirmation of the New Testament, pp.317-331
21 N.H. Ridderbos - Reversals of Old Testament Criticism, pp.333-350
22 Merrill C. Tenney - Reversals of New Testament Criticism, pp.351-367
23 J. Norval Geldenhuys - Authority and the Bible, pp.369-386
24 Frank E. Gaebelein - The Unity of the Bible, pp.87-401

Five Articles by F.F. Bruce from Eternity Magazine

I have just uploaded the following articles in PDF:

F.F. Bruce, "A British Scholar Looks at the RSV Old Testament," Eternity (May 1954): 12-13, 42-47.

F.F. Bruce, "A Second Look at the Dead Sea Scrolls," Eternity (October 1956): 14-15, 29-30.

F.F. Bruce, "The Apocrypha, Revised and Introduced," Eternity (November 1957): 18-19, 42.

F.F. Bruce, "On Dating the New Testament," Eternity 23 (June 1972): 32-33.

F.F. Bruce, "Are The Gospels Anti-Semitic?" Eternity 24 (November 1973): 16-18.

This last article is as topical now as it was in 1973!

My thanks to Rich Poll of Apologia for kindly providing me with photocopies of these articles.

I am currently working on the previously unpublished Ph.D. Thesis of the OT scholar Edward J. Young. This, and the table of contents of various journals, mean that the number of new articles going on-line may be lower than usual over the next few weeks. Remember to subscribe to my blog feed so as not to miss new items.

Henri Blocher on the Apocrypha

The following article is now available in PDF:

Henri Blocher, "Helpful or Harmful? The 'Apocrypha' and Evangelical Theology," European Journal of Theology 13.2 (2004): 81-90.

Abstract:

The argument is that the issue of the OT Apocrypha is not an insignificant one. The author lists historical reasons for seeing the canon as fixed in Judaism by the time of Jesus, whatever the state of various and conflicting collections of Greek Old Testament writings. Theological reasons for acknowledging the Hebrew canon include the Church’s need to acknowledge what Israel has passed on to her as canonical under God’s providence. The content of much of the Apocrypha leaves much to be desired. For all there is continuity of God’s providence between the times of the testaments there was also a pause in revelation. The New Testament comes as something new indeed, even if works such as the apocrypha illustrate the context into which God’s word was spoken, and can be seen as wit­ness to God’s uninterrupted providence.