Posted by Andreas Köstenberger on Jun 23, 2006 in Blog | 7 comments
One of my scholarly and personal heroes is Adolf Schlatter (note that in recent years, Schlatter has been charged with anti-Semitism in some of his writings; however, the issue is too complicated to be adequately discussed here). At a time when Adolf Harnack espoused his liberalism, and Rudolf Bultmann eclectically appropriated David Friedrich Strauss’s mythological approach and Martin Heidegger’s existentialism, Schlatter stood firm in his advocacy of a biblical-theological, salvation-historical reading of the Bible and a high view of Scripture.
In the foreword to The History of the...
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Posted by Andreas Köstenberger on Jun 16, 2006 in Blog | 23 comments
You’ve heard it said that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Well, the same is true with regard to scholarship. Those who are unaware of the most recent scholarly work on a given issue will be greatly handicapped in discussions of that issue. This is true, among other things, regarding the proper interpretation of 1 Timothy 2:12.
In our book Women in the Church, originally published in 1995, my collaborators and I set forth the proposal that the passage means exactly what it says—imagine that!—which is, Paul says, “I do not permit a woman to teach or have...
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Posted by Andreas Köstenberger on Jun 9, 2006 in Blog | 1 comment
The opening chapters of Genesis narrate God’s creation first of Adam, then of Eve from and for Adam as his “suitable helper” (Gen. 2:18, 20). The notion of Adam’s “headship,” that is, his position of ultimate responsibility and authority for his marriage and family, is supported by a series of factors:
Adam’s creation prior to the woman
Adam’s naming of the animals prior to the creation of Eve
Adam’s naming of Eve subsequent to God’s creation of her
God’s holding Adam—not Eve—responsible for his and Eve’s sin even though Eve had sinned first
the woman’s...
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Posted by Andreas Köstenberger on Jun 7, 2006 in Blog | 0 comments
Since this is the first year of the Biblical Foundations book awards, books published in 2003–2006 were eligible. Awards are given with strict impartiality and based solely on academic merit. No favoritism as to authors or publishers. Books I wrote, endorsed, or to which I contributed in any way are ineligible. This is a no-spin zone! Who says CT or the ECPA should be the only games in town? These are the best per category, including a brief rationale:
Bible, Commentary & Reference
Kevin J. Vanhoozer, ed. Dictionary for the Theological Interpretation of the Bible. Grand Rapids: Baker,...
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Posted by Andreas Köstenberger on Jun 6, 2006 in Blog | 0 comments
In an issue of WORLD Magazine, Jamie Dean zeroes in on both of the major enemies of marriage I also highlight in my book God, Marriage & Family: homosexuality and divorce. She talks about various ways in which government agencies are trying to help but quotes me as saying that the current marriage crisis is ultimately spiritual, not political. To read the entire article, click here.
For further study on marriage and divorce, see God, Marriage, and Family as well as “A Biblical Framework for Marriage,” in the Midwestern Journal of Theology. See also “Feminism, Family, and the...
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Posted by Andreas Köstenberger on Jun 2, 2006 in Blog | 18 comments
The New Testament epistles regularly speak of a plurality of church leaders, commonly called “elders,” “overseers,” or “shepherds.” In addition, deacons were appointed to meet various needs in the local church. As early as c. A.D. 50, Paul and Barnabas “appointed elders . . . in each church” (Acts 14:23). A decade later, Titus is instructed to “appoint elders in every town” (Titus 1:5). Paul’s epistle to the Philippians is addressed to the “overseers and deacons” at Philippi (Phil 1:1). This conforms to the pattern stipulated in 1 Timothy 3 where qualifications for...
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