New Testament scholar Rodney J. Decker presented a thoughtful paper yesterday at the second annual Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics:
“The Law, the New Covenant, and the Christian: Studies in Hebrew 7–10” (32-page PDF)
HT: Rod Decker
Related:
- “Second Dispensational Conference Meets” (a report by GARB’s Regular Baptist Press in The Baptist Bulletin)
- Photo gallery
http://www.baptistbulletin.org/?p=5104
Oh, sweet! Thanks, Andy.
I wonder whether the audio of the presentations will be online?
Yes, there will be audio in due time. Maybe by next week, but the audio folks need to sort out the data files–we did record all sessions and the Q&A (an hour of that per session)–and decide which and how much to post. There will be a link on my blog when it’s available, along with the links to other papers, etc.
How a conservative NT scholar could write a paper on this subject and not interact ( or even mention!) the extensive work of Geerhardus Vos on the book of Hebrews is extremely disappointing.
Is it my computer or is the file corrupted? It wouldn’t open for me.
I am not sure the criticism of Rod Decker’s paper by Gary Johnson is valid for a couple of reasons.
First, the Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics dealt with how current dispensationalists view the church’s relationship to the new covenant. Given the tight time constraints of the presentations (30 minutes), one can understand how the writings of Vos on Hebrews (published posthumously in 1952) might not make it into the paper.
Second, Dr Decker did interact with the works of non-dispensationalists who comment on Hebrews as a quick glance of the extensive footnotes and bibliography will demonstrate. Many hope Dr Decker will write a full commentary on Hebrews.
DF
Pardon my exasperation, but RD did made repeated references to non-dispensational scholars like F.F. Bruce and Philip Hughes- so why not with G.Vos who is rightly considered one of the most significant and seminal Biblical scholars of the 20th century? Vos contributions to the study of Biblical theology, especially as it pertains to the covenants-and even more importantly as to how this subject is developed in the book of Hebrews makes him indispensable dialogue partner for anyone seeking to understand the book of Hebrews. I would hope RD will address this omission in his future labors .