Reformed Churchmen

We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Monday, August 19, 2013

Theodor Zahn, Bp. Rudolph, and "Introduction to the New Testament, Vols 2-3"

Zahn, Theodor. Introduction to the New Testament, Vol II (3rd ed.). Minneapolis, MN: Klock and Klock, 1977.

First, Mr. Zahn is a must-read.  We've lost Vol. 1 somewhere in the house. We have Vol. 2 and 3 posted here.
 
Bp.Robert Livingston Rudolph
1830-1930
Reformed Episcopal Church
Studied under Princeton's
Warfield
and Erlangen's Zahn
Digression before Mr. Zahn: as a former Reformed Episcopalian, one of our early leaders studied under Mr. (Dr. Prof.) Zahn. Robert Livingston Rudolph (December 29, 1865—September 16, 1930) was a bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church in the early twentieth century. I was surprised to learn that one of our ("our" = "old school" bishops rather than the "new school," post-1990 extremist ones) early Bishops studied under Mr. Theodor Zahn as well as Mr. B.B. Warfield. Additionally, of interest, Mr. Rudolph used Princeton's "Outlines of Theology" for course work. 
 
Mr. (Rev. Dr. Prof.) Allen C. Guelzo lamented the new REC direction as he considered "what could have been," to wit, a strong and academic voice in America for Episcopalians.  But, a new Egypt was desired by the theonomic, imperialist, autocratic, non-Confessional, non-Reformed, non-Calvinistic and Tractarian-friendly "overlords." Those "new school" and great leaders, "men with big chests and big heads." XXXL-sizes needed for the mitres and birettas. They've lost it while thinking they've gained it. But, back to better things, Mr. Zahn, Germany's Lutheran tiger.
 
There are three volumes by Mr. Zahn. This may be one of the finest New Testament Introductions. It is a must-read. 
 
Mr. (Rev. Dr. Prof.)
Theodor Zahn
1838-1933
Un. of Erlangen
Table of Contents:

Chapter 7: The Last Epistles of Paul


§ 33. Presupposed Facts in 2 Timothy
§ 34. Facts Attested by 1 Timothy
§ 35. Presupposed Facts in Titus
§ 36. End of Paul’s Life
§ 37. Genuineness of 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, and Titus

Chapter 8: Epistles of Peter, Jude and Hebrews

§ 38. Readers and Author of 1 Peter—Internal Evidence
§ 39. Time and Place of 1 Peter
§ 40. Genuineness of 1 Peter
§ 41. Readers and Author of 2 Peter—Internal Evidence
§ 42. Occasion of 2 Peter
§ 43. Epistle of Jude
§ 44. Genuineness of Jude and Two Epistles of Peter
§ 45. Tradition Concerning Hebrews
§ 46. Literary Form and Historical Presuppositions of Hebrews
§ 47. Reader, Date and Author of Hebrews

Chapter 9: First Three Gospels and Acts

§ 48. The Unwritten Gospel
§ 49. Common Tradition in the Church Regarding Origin of Gospels
§ 50. History of the “Synoptic Problem”
§ 51. Tradition Regarding Mark and his Gospel
§ 52. Title, Plan and Conclusion of Mark’s Gospel
§ 53. Comparison of Mark’s Gospel with the Tradition
§ 54. Tradition Regarding Matthew and his Gospel
§ 55. Content, Plan, and Purpose of Matthew’s Gospel
§ 56. Comparison of Matthew’s Gospel with the Tradition
§ 57. Relation of Mark’s Gospel to Matthew’s Gospel
 
Zahn, Theodor. Introduction to the New Testament, Vol. III (3rd ed.). Minneapolis, MN: Klock and Klock, 1977. There are three volumes.  

Volume 3 is available at: http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-New-Testament-Volume-3/dp/1313662917/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1376947272&sr=8-4&keywords=theodor+zahn
Chapter 9 (Continued from Vol. 2): Luke’s Gospel

§ 58. Tradition Regarding Luke and his Work
§ 59. Two-fold Rescension of the Text of Acts
§ 60. Preface, Plan and Purpose of Luke’s Historical Work
§ 61. Sources Used by Luke
§ 62. Author of the Work Attributed to Luke and the Time of its Composition
§ 63. Retrospect and Forecast

Chapter 10: The Writings of John

§ 64. Tradition
§ 65. Testimony of the Fourth Gospel to its Author
§ 66. Supplementary Chapter
§ 67. Relation of the Fourth Gospel to Earlier Gospels
§ 68. Purpose, Method, Character and Readers of the Fourth Gospel
§ 69. Integrity, Date of Composition, and Genuineness of the Fourth Gospel
§ 70. First Epistle of John
§ 71. The Lesser Epistles of John
§ 72. Nature, Structure and Unity of Revelation
§ 73. Conditions of Affairs in the Church According to Revelation 1-3.
§ 74. Author of Revelation
§ 75. Contemporary-Historical or Futurist Interpretation

Chapter 11: Chronological Survey and Table
Indices
 
 
 

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