Letters of Geerhardus Vos
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Publisher: P and R Publishing Company
Author: Vos, Geerhardus
ISBN-10: 0875521878 | ISBN-13: 9780875521879
Binding: Hardcover
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Staff Review: The wealth of Vos' biblical-theological insights continue to aid today's students of Scripture. Now, this biography and collection of Vos' extant letters will introduce readers to the retiring scholar who modelled faithful engagement and critique of contemporary trends in biblical and theological scholarship. In an age of substantial theological upheaval, Geerhardus Vos passed his teaching career at Calvin Theological Seminary and Princeton Theological Seminary without enduring the same scrutiny and controversy as his better-known contemporaries and colleagues Abraham Kuyper, Herman Bavinck, B. B. Warfield, and J. Gresham Machen. This volume highlights Vos' intimate connections with these leading Reformed figures on both sides of the Atlantic and his role in the confluence of Dutch Calvinism and American Presbyterianism.
An invaluable resource for the study of Vos, the book has only two shortcomings. First, letters of Vos' conversation partners are not included. The resulting effect is similar to hearing one side of a phone conversation. Also, the lack of introductory information for individual letters at times hinders an appreciation of context. These faults are ameliorated somewhat by referencing the biography and the editor's explanatory notes. -Matthew Harmon, Westminster Bookstore Staff, February 2006
Publisher Description: Geerhardus Vos, a pioneer in biblical theology, continues to influence Bible students today. Widely known for his scholarship on Vos, editor James T. Dennison Jr. here collects, for the first time, all of Vos’s extant letters. Many of these letters were written to such luminaries as Abraham Kuyper, Herman Bavinck, B. B. Warfield, and J. Gresham Machen. The editor’s notes to each letter assist the reader in understanding references in them. |
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