F.F. Bruce on Paul's Letter to the Romans

The following 5 articles are now on-line in PDF:

F.F. Bruce, "St. Paul in Rome, Part 1" Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 46.2 (March 1964): 326-45. [Part 1 of 5]

F.F. Bruce, "St. Paul in Rome. 2. The Epistle to Philemon," Bulletin of the John Rylands Library Manchester 48.1 (Autumn 1965): 81-97.[Part 2 of 5]

F.F. Bruce, "St Paul in Rome. 3. The Epistle to the Colossians," Bulletin of the John Rylands Library Manchester 48.2 (Spring 1966): 268-285. [Part 3 of 5]

F.F. Bruce, "St. Paul in Rome: 4. The Epistle to the Ephesians," Bulletin of the John Rylands Library Manchester 49.2 (Spring 1967): 303-322. [Part 4 of 5]

F.F. Bruce, “St, Paul in Rome: 5. Concluding Observations," Bulletin of the John Rylands Library Manchester 50.2 (Spring 1968): 262-279. [Part 5 of 5]

My thanks to the Trustees of the John Rylands Library of Manchester for their kind permission to reproduce these articles.

F.F. Bruce on the Two Sons of Abraham - a Study in Pauline Hermeneutics

The following article is now available in PDF:

F.F. Bruce, "Abraham had two Sons: A Study in Pauline Hermeneutics," Huber L. Drumwright, & Curtis Vaughan, eds., New Testament Studies: Essays in Honor of Ray Summers in His Sixty-Fifth Year. Waco, TX: Markham Press Fund, Baylor University Press, 1975. Hbk. pp.71-84.

I am extremely pleased to be able to make this available, thanks to the kind permission of Baylor University Press. As far as I can determine, no copy of this book exists in the United Kingdom Library system and few copies are available for sale, so this may well be a very rare article.

John W. Montgomery on Paul's Use of Genesis in Romans

The following article is now available in PDF:

John W. Montgomery, "Some Comments on Paul's Use of Genesis in His Epistle to the Romans," Bulletin of the Evangelical Theological Society 4.1 (April 1961): 4-11.

Montgomery strongly defends the historicity of Adam. For more on the use of the OT in Romans see:

L.C. Allen, "The Old Testament in Romans I-VIII," Vox Evangelica 3 (1964): 6-41.

William B. Badke on what Paul meant by "Baptised into Moses" and "Baptsed into Christ".

The following article is available in PDF:

William B. Badke, "Baptised into Moses - Baptised into Christ: a Study in Doctrinal Development," The Evangelical Quarterly 60 (1988): 23-29.

This is a study of Paul's teaching in Romans 6:3. Dr Badke summarises his argument as follows:

It is the contention of this paper that, only if death and resurrection with Christ had not yet been connected thematically with baptism, would Paul have used the expression 'baptised into Moses'. If such a connection had not yet been made, Paul's meaning would simply be that the Israelites adhered themselves to Moses, and thus to God, through a baptism-like act. This would say nothing more than the Old Testament text already implies and would leave no implication that Moses was to be seen as a resurrected saviour leading his people into a better world and imparting to them the mysteries of God. Paul was far too careful a pastor to have allowed for such a false implication. He could use 'baptised into Moses' freely, because he himself had not yet made the connection between baptism and death-resurrection, let alone teaching it to anyone else.

Vox Evangelica Volume 3 (1964) now on-line

The following articles are now available in PDF:

L.C. Allen, "The Old Testament in Romans I-VIII," Vox Evangelica 3 (1964): 6-41.

An extremely detailed study - still being quoted in new studies on the subject.

A.E. Cundall, "Antecedents of the Monarchy in Ancient Israel," Vox Evangelica 3 (1964): 42-51.

Arthur Cundall wrote the Tyndale Commentary on Judges.

R.P. Martin, "A Footnote to Pliny's Account of Christian Worship," Vox Evangelica 3 (1964): 51-57.

Judging by my site logs Ralph P. Martin's study in Volume 2 has attracted a great deal of interest. Here he rounds off his study by looking at a piece of 2nd Century evidence.

H.D. McDonald, "The Changing Emphasis in the Doctrine of Providence," Vox Evangelica 3 (1964): 58-75.

H.H. Rowden, "Secession from the Established Church in the Early Nineteenth Century," Vox Evangelica 3 (1964): 76-88.