Jonathan Edwards's Bible

Jonathan Edwards's Bible
Author: Stephen R. C. Nichols
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2013-08-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1621898342

New England colonial pastor and theologian Jonathan Edwards (1703-58) was well aware of the threat that Deist philosophy posed to the unity of the Bible as Christian Scriptures, yet remarkably, his own theology of the Bible has never before been examined. In the context of his entire corpus this study pays particular attention to the detailed notes Edwards left for "The Harmony of the Old and New Testament," a "great work" hitherto largely ignored by scholars. Following examination of his "Harmony" notes, a case study of salvation in the Old Testament challenges the current "dispositional" account of Edwards's soteriology and argues instead that the colonial Reformed theologian held there to be one object of saving faith in Old and New Testaments, namely, Christ.

Nathaniel Taylor, New Haven Theology, and the Legacy of Jonathan Edwards

Nathaniel Taylor, New Haven Theology, and the Legacy of Jonathan Edwards
Author: Douglas A. Sweeney
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2002-12-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0198035101

Nathaniel Taylor was arguably the most influential and the most frequently misrepresented American theologian of his generation. While he claimed to be an Edwardsian Calvinist, very few people believed him. This book attempts to understand how Taylor and his associates could have counted themselves Edwardsians. In the process, it explores what it meant to be an Edwardsian minister and intellectual in the 19th century.