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Jonathan Edwards and Scripture provides a fresh look at the important, burgeoning field of Edwards and the Bible, offering a needed corrective in Edwards research. It gives careful attention to Edwards' biblical exegesis, considers it in the context of early Anglo-American history, and compares it with that of other interpreters of Scripture.
List of contents
- Introduction
- David P. Barshinger
- 1 - Jonathan Edwards' Scriptural Practices
- Kenneth P. Minkema
- 2 - Jonathan Edwards' Principles of Interpreting Scripture
- Stephen R. C. Nichols
- 3 - Early Modern Biblical Commentary and Jonathan Edwards
- Adriaan C. Neele
- 4 - Language of the Heart: The Bible in Jonathan Edwards' Personal Life and Spiritual Practice
- Charles E. Hambrick-Stowe
- 5 - Spiritual Meaning and Experimental Piety in the Exegesis of Cotton Mather and Jonathan Edwards
- Jan Stievermann and Ryan P. Hoselton
- 6 - Jacob Wrestling with "a Man": Jonathan Edwards and Contemporaries on Genesis 32:22-32
- Mark A. Noll
- 7 - Jonathan Edwards' French Connection: The Pentateuch and the Practices of Public History
- Robert E. Brown
- 8 - A Fish Tale: Jonathan Edwards and Cotton Mather on Jonah's Whale
- Ava Chamberlain
- 9 - "Of His Fullness Have All We Received": Johannine Themes in Jonathan Edwards' Interpretation of Scripture
- Michael J. McClymond
- 10 - Jonathan Edwards' Reflections on the Virgin Mary
- Stephen J. Stein
- 11 - Jonathan Edwards, War, and the Bible
- James P. Byrd
- 12 - Jonathan Edwards, the Bible, and Conversion
- David W. Kling
- 13 - Was Jonathan Edwards an Evangelical? Scripture and Tradition in America's Theologian
- Gerald R. McDermott
- Conclusion
- Douglas A. Sweeney
- General Index
- Scripture Index
About the author
Douglas A. Sweeney is Distinguished Professor of Church History and the History of Christian Thought and Director of the Jonathan Edwards Center at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He has published widely on Edwards, early modern Protestant thought, and the history of evangelicalism.
David P. Barshinger is the author of Jonathan Edwards and the Psalms (Oxford University Press, 2014). He has taught at Trinity International University, Wheaton College, and Trinity Christian College. He currently serves as an editor in the book division at Crossway.
Summary
Jonathan Edwards and Scripture provides a fresh look at the important, burgeoning field of Edwards and the Bible, offering a needed corrective in Edwards research. It gives careful attention to Edwards' biblical exegesis, considers it in the context of early Anglo-American history, and compares it with that of other interpreters of Scripture.
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I am delighted to recommend this volume, which is brimming with fresh insights on Jonathan Edwards's views of the Bible. The editors have assembled a remarkable cast of scholars to grapple with the legacy of the most formidable expositor of the Christian Scriptures in America's history.
