2009 - 2010 Academic Catalog - Westminster Theological Seminary

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Author: By Faith, Not By Sight; The Centrality of the Resurrection [=
Resurrection and Redemption]; Perspectives on Pentecost; Calvin
and the Sabbath.
Contributor: Jerusalem and Athens; Studying the New Testament
Today; The New Testament Student and Theology; The New Testament
Student at Work; The Book of Books; New International Version New
Testament (editorial committee consultant); Redemptive History
and Biblical Interpretation; The Shorter Writings of Geerhardus Vos
(editor); Biblical Principles & Business: The Foundations; Inerrancy
and Hermeneutic; Dictionary of Christianity in America; Theonomy: A
Reformed Critique; Right with God; The Vitality of Reformed Theology;
Dictionary of Paul and His Letters; Are Miraculous Gifts for Today?
Representative Articles: “Pentecost: Before and After,” Kerux,
September 1995; “Paul the Theologian,” Westminster Theological
Journal, Spring 2000; “Biblical Theology and the Westminster
Standards,” Westminster Theological Journal, Fall 2003.
Vern Sheridan Poythress
Professor of New Testament
Interpretation
B.S., California Institute of Technology, 1966;
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1970; M.Div.,
Westminster Theological Seminary, 1974;
Th.M., 1974; M.Litt., University of Cambridge,
1977; D.Th., University of Stellenbosch, 1981;
Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Fresno
State College, 1970–1971; Teaching Staff, Summer Institute of
Linguistics, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977; Editor, Westminster Theological
Journal, 2005– ; Westminster, 1976– .
Author: Philosophy, Science and the Sovereignty of God; Symphonic
Theology: The Validity of Multiple Perspectives in Theology;
Understanding Dispensationalists; Science and Hermeneutics:
Implications of Scientific Method for Biblical Interpretation; The
Shadow of Christ in the Law of Moses; God-Centered Biblical
Interpretation; The Returning King: A Guide to the Book of Revelation;
The Gender-Neutral Bible Controversy: Muting the Masculinity of God’s
Words (co-author); The TNIV and the Gender-Neutral Bible Controversy
(co-author); Redeeming Science: A God-Centered Approach.
Contributor: The Foundations of Christian Scholarship; Hermeneutics,
Inerrancy, and the Bible; The New Testament Student and His Field;
Inerrancy and Hermeneutic: A Tradition, A Challenge, A Debate;
Theonomy: A Reformed Critique; Recovering Biblical Manhood and
Womanhood; New Geneva Study Bible; Spirit of the Reformation
Study Bible; The Practical Calvinist; Resurrection and Eschatology:
Theology in Service of the Church; ESV Study Bible.
Representative Articles: “The Use of the Intersentence Conjunctions
De, Oun, Kai, and Asyndeton in the Gospel of John,” Novum
Testamentum, 1984; “Reforming Ontology and Logic in the Light of
the Trinity: An Application of Van Til’s Idea of Analogy,” Westminster
Theological Journal 57, 1995; “Why Scientists Must Believe in
God: Divine Attributes of Scientific Law,” Journal of the Evangelical
Theological Society 46/1, 2003.
William Edgar
Professor of Apologetics
B.A., Harvard University, 1966; M.Div.,
Westminster Theological Seminary, 1969; Dr.
Théol., Université de Genève, 1993; Home
missionary of the Orthodox Presbyterian
Church, Pennsylvania, 1969–1970; Faculty,
Brunswick School, Greenwich, Connecticut,
1970–1978; Professor of Apologetics, Faculté
Libre de Théologie Réformée, Aix-en-Provence, France, 1979–1989;
Westminster, 1989– .
Author: In Spirit and In Truth: Ten Bible Studies on Worship; Taking
Note of Music; Sur le rock; Bibliographie d’ouvrages apologétique;
Reasons of the Heart: Recovering Christian Persuasion; La carte
protestante: L’apologétique protestante de langue française de
1815 à 1848; The Face of Truth: Lifting the Veil; Truth in All Its Glory:
Commending the Reformed Faith; Les dix commandements.
Contributor: Modern Reformation (editor, Borrowed Capital cultural
apologetics column); Une Philosophie du Seuil: Hommage à Jean
Brun; Art in Question; À propos du SIDA; Practical Theology and the
Ministry of the Church; Révolution et Christianisme; Introduction,
The God Who is There (Chinese edition); Finding God at Harvard;
A Preserving Grace: Protestants, Catholics, and Natural Law; The
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