Theological Journals, Part 3

“The Fundamentals—A Testimony to the Truth, Vol. 1: in “The Fallacies of Higher Criticism,” Dr. Franklin Johnson delves into Eichorn and the “assured results” of higher criticism (our view, code for arrogance and reducing Moses to a European bard). “Theologians You Should Know: Apostolic Fathers to the 21st Century,” Dr. Michael Reeves comments on Irenaeus’ Against Heresies and his engagement with Rome on the Quartodecemian conflict. Princeton Theological Review (Vol.22, No.1, Spring 2007): in “Atonement and Empire: Reworking Christus Victor for Roman Imperial Contexts,” Matthew Forrest Lowe cites a body of literature as engaging this issue, but it’s small and is a “cottage industry” arising out of biblical studies. Reformed Faith and Practice (May 2022): in “Geerhardus Vos and the Interpretation of Romans 1:3-4,” Dr. J. V. Fesko, Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson, tours Lange and Bengel on the text I question. Concordia Theological Journal (January 2022), in “Justification in the Theology of Robert D. Preus,” Dr. David P. Scaer comments on two Preus brothers—Robert and Jack, PhD Edinburgh under Torrance and PhD from Minnesota in classics, respectively. Both fleet up and drive off neo-orthodoxy from the two seminaries, St. Louis and the other one. Fort Wayne? Both are top notch classicists and are influential in keep the two ships afloat and in action. Journal of Theological Studies (Vol. 9, 1908): “Papias:” discusses the appearances of Papias in Irenaeus, Victorinus, and Anastasius of Sinai. Protestant Reformed Theological Journal 55,1 (Fall, 2021): in “The Perfectly Triune God,” Rev. Marco Barone discusses the covenant of redemption and the relationship to the Trinity, noting challenges as indicated by Prof. Hoeksema in his Reformed Dogmatics, I.400ff. Themelios (Dec 2021): in “Ben Sira’s Canon Conscious Interpretive Strategies: His Narrative History and Realization of the Jewish Scriptures,” Peter Beckman (PhD candidate), comments on the solid Canon-consciousness of Ben Sira, a devout, Jewish academic.