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Hermeneutics & Biblical Theology Fred Zaspel | July 11, 2013

The Nature of Biblical “Types”

This article first appeared on credomag.com We saw last time that “typology” is that study of Scripture which understands certain Old Testament events, persons, and institutions as historical and yet symbolic anticipations — or previews, prefigurements — of realities later realized in the New Testament. In that post I sought to establish the Biblical warrant […]

Hermeneutics & Biblical Theology Fred Zaspel | June 27, 2013

The Warrant for Typological Interpretation of Scripture

This article first appeared on credomag.com Typology is that study of Scripture which understands certain Old Testament events, persons, and institutions as historical and yet symbolic anticipations — or previews, prefigurements — of realities later realized in the New Testament. There are better and more specific definitions, of course, but this gets the point across […]

Hermeneutics & Biblical Theology Fred Zaspel | June 1, 2013

Knowing Things Wrong

One of the striking things about us human beings is that despite our high intelligence and great learning, we have an amazing tendency to be wrong when we are so confident that we are right. Sometimes it’s just a blind spot. And sometimes it’s more like the basketball player who steals the ball and breaks […]

Hermeneutics & Biblical Theology Fred Zaspel | March 1, 2013

Telling Time in Scripture (part 1/2)

I was privileged to have as part of my seminary training a time of study with Dr. Charles Aling, now of Northwestern College in St. Paul, Minnesota. He more than anyone else helped me understand the “doing” of ancient chronology and biblical dating methods, and I have always been very appreciative of him for this […]

Hermeneutics & Biblical Theology Fred Zaspel | March 1, 2013

Telling Time in Scripture (part 2/2)

Last time we introduced our subject with a survey of ancient calendars and the methods we use to fixing dates of events in the ancient past. We turn now to the study of biblical chronology and genealogies specifically. Biblical Chronology Example. Let’s begin with an example of “dead reckoning” in Biblical chronology. 1 Kings 6:1 […]

Hermeneutics & Biblical Theology Fred Zaspel | November 1, 2012

Postmodern Dogmatics

I realize that the title seems self-contradictory, but I take it from the title of an article published nearly ten years ago now by John Franke, then of Biblical Theological Seminary, in the Westminster Theological Journal (WTJ 65 [2003]: 1-26): “Postmodern Reformed Dogmatics.” Franke has of course expressed his proposed theological method elsewhere, and for […]

Hermeneutics & Biblical Theology Fred Zaspel | November 1, 2012

Preaching Jesus all the Time

It is an encouraging sign when young ministers and ministerial students ask how to preach Christ more consistently while remaining faithful to the text at hand. It’s a question that we all have faced, and doubtless few have it all figured out. I’m sure I don’t, but I love the discussion. We know from Jesus […]

Biblical Law & New Covenant Theology Fred Zaspel | January 1, 2011

Review of Perspectives on the Sabbath Four Views

Download PDF Summary Note: This summary of the above article was produced using AI-assisted tools to aid reader orientation and may contain errors. Fred G. Zaspel states, “Perspectives on the Sabbath must be judged a success. Each of the contributors helpfully presents his case.” The book features four views: Seventh Day Adventist (MacCarty), “Christian Sabbath” […]
Book Reviews Fred Zaspel | January 1, 2011

Review of Williamson Sealed with an Oath

Download PDF Summary Note: This summary of the above article was produced using AI-assisted tools to aid reader orientation and may contain errors. Paul Williamson’s “Sealed With an Oath” “traces out Scripture’s covenant motif as it advances ‘God’s creative purpose of universal blessing.’” Defining a covenant as “a solemn commitment…sealed with an oath,” the oath […]

Biblical Law & New Covenant Theology Fred Zaspel | January 1, 1995

Review of Schreiner The Law and Its Fulfillment A Pauline Theology of Law

Download PDF Summary Note: This summary of the above article was produced using AI-assisted tools to aid reader orientation and may contain errors. Thomas R. Schreiner’s “The Law and Its Fulfillment” “provides a valuable service to anyone trying to get a ‘handle’ on the complex theme of the Mosaic law and its fulfillment,” being “well […]