November 2007 - Protestant Reformed Churches in America

Book Reviews
“for modern (American) English
orthography, syntax and idioms”
(p. 11). This confessed difficulty
is lost on the English reader. The
translation reads well.
The book contains a few
quotes in German. To the reader
who speaks only English, the
German quotes are meaningless
page filler. I am sure that they
appeared in German in the original
Dutch publication also; but
to translate these would have
been helpful.
Also helpful would have
been a consistent attempt to
translate, at least once, the title
of every original source. Sometimes
this is done, but not always.
Several of the titles in the
third paragraph of this review
are my translation from the
Dutch. In at least one instance,
that of Witsius’ Grondstukken,
I would have appreciated having
the translation given me. I
translated this literally,
“Groundpieces,” with the assumption
that the idea is “Foundations,”
or “Fundamentals.”
The translation and publication
was sponsored by the Dutch
Reformed Translation Society.
The book is added to the series
“Texts and Studies in Reformation
and Post-Reformation
Thought.”
The book’s value is that it
opens up for the English reader
the ideas and writings of Dutch
Reformed men, some of whom
are perhaps not so well known
in our circles (Teellinck and
Saldenus), and others perhaps
known but for different reasons
(we know Witsius more for his
work The Economy of the Covenants
than for his pietistic writings).
A good summertime read
for one interested in the piety
of the Further Reformation. ■
God the Holy Trinity: Reflections
on Christian Faith and Practice,
ed. Timothy George. Grand
Rapids, MI: Baker Academic,
2007. Pp. 175. $19.99 (paper).
ISBN-10: 0801027659. ISBN-13:
978-0801027659. [Reviewed by
Ronald L. Cammenga.]
The chapters in God the
Holy Trinity consist of papers
that were originally presented at
Beeson Divinity School of
Samford University in Birmingham,
Alabama. The writers presented
their papers at a symposium
entitled “God the Holy
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