In January, Bob Yarbrough and Don Carson spoke at the EFCA’s theology conference: “Understanding the Complementarian Position: Considering Implications and Exploring Practices in the Home and the Local Church” (TGC report). The MP3s are well worth listening to.
In a Q&A someone asked Don Carson about William Webb’s redemptive-movement hermeneutic, and Carson replied that it is unconvincing. Carson followed up with an email (which the EFCA made available but that isn’t online now): “As for bibliography,” writes Carson, “the literature is pretty extensive, but the two most substantive review articles evaluating Webb’s book are” these:
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Thomas R. Schreiner. “William J. Webb’s Slaves, Women and Homosexuals: A Review Article.” The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 6, no. 1 (2002): 46–65.
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Wayne Grudem. “Review Article: Should We Move Beyond the New Testament to a Better Ethic? An Analysis of William J. Webb, Slaves, Women and Homosexuals: Exploring the Hermeneutics of Cultural Analysis.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 47 (2004): 299–346.
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Wayne Grudem. “‘A Redemptive-Movement Hermeneutic: The Slavery Analogy’ (Ch 22) and ‘Gender Equality and Homosexuality’ (Ch 23) by William J. Webb.” Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood 10, no. 1 (2005): 96–120.
- William J. Webb. “A Redemptive-Movement Model” (see also the responses). In Four Views on Moving Beyond the Bible to Theology.
Edited by Gary T. Meadors. Counterpoints. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2009. - Thomas R. Schreiner. “Review of William J. Webb, Corporal Punishment in the Bible.” The Gospel Coalition Book Reviews. September 12, 2011.
Thanks for this, Andy.
Hey, Andy, thanks for sharing this.
FYI: For all interested in learning better Bible study, D. A. Carson provides wonderful examples of exposition in the 7 volumes included in this collection, available for pre-order from Logos: The Select Works of D. A. Carson (7 vols.).
Great stuff, Andy!
Thanks for sharing. I’m actually trying to find the follow up email from Carson you mentioned. The link isn’t working. Any assistance would be awesome! Thanks again!
Thanks, William. I just looked into this and learned that the EFCA is in the process of figuring out a place to keep this sort of material live. The document I linked to isn’t online right now. I’ll plan to post a comment here if I become aware that it’s available online.