The Ohio Independent Baptist, February 1962

BOOK REVIEWS VITAL WORD STUDIE ALO IA by J ohn pp. , $2.50. Z o ndervan Grand R apids, M ich. IN II THES– Lineberry, 99 Pu bl. H ocse, This book has served as a refresher course in Greek. It is m ore than a wo rd srudy, fo r i t is packed with doct ri na l dis– courses that grow out o f the exeges is of the Greek text. H is theology is strongly fundamental-perhaps he sometimes goes a bit out of his way t o bring it in . We are not sure the putting of the Greek words into English letters is good . Most of us have o nly a visual knowledge of the Greek, and we cannot even recog– nize the words without seei ng them in Greek letters. Others, who know no Greek, 1nay wel come this transliteration ; but they may also be tempted co try to pronounce the words and bring them into the pulpit. We also feel he stresses the progres– sive meaning of the present tense too much. While all modern Greek scholars recognize that the fundamental meaning of the tense 1s progressive, they also recog– nize tha t the context or the root meaning of the word may demand a translation in our simple p resent. It certainly m akes better English. Our only o ther serious disagreement with the author is in his insistence that ..apostasia" must in II Thess. 2: 3 mean departure of the saints from ear th in the rapture. H e admits that in Acts 2 1 : 2 1 it means departure from the teachings o f Moses, and tha t in Classical Greek it meant rebellion ; bu t si nce it is derived from a verb that could mean departure in any sense, he feels verses 1 and 2 demand that 1c means the rapture. He forgets that when a noun is derived from a verb, or vice versa, it often takes on a specialized meaning; a11d as far back as Chrysos tom, who was Greek, exposi to r s have held that Paul was predicting a spiritual aposcasy. Besides, ten out of 11 appearances in the verb form also speak o f departure in a bad sense, even if o nly one speci fi cal ly refers to the last great apostasy. Mor e than tha t , the concex c includes the Yerses following as well as those preceding and that fact robs h1m of hi s argument . We highly recommend chis book fo r a serious srudy of II Thessalo nians and say the above \.\ 1chout any desire ro detract from che au chor's scholarship. We on ly fear some beginners in Greek will sup– pose he has the Jase vlord on everything. Since Kenn<:tl1 Wuest, and now our own John Lineber f} have J)Opu larize<l the rap– ture interpretation of JI Thess 2 3, v. e fear tht}' will feel tl1ey have such absolute J)1oof c>f a pre-rril)ulacion ra1)ture that they v.,iJI nc.:glecc o rl1er proofs rJ1a1 canno t so easily be con tra<licted.-llev1e\.\'ed by llali,h r . Nordlund. l)AY-BY-DAY WI'f'J.f ANDill!W MUR llAY, a cornr,ilat i<)n. 11 9 l' l'·, I ~5 Zonde1 van. 'I 'h1s is a reJ)rint of a ccJnl tJi lucior1 of exLer1>ts f10111 25 of tl1e l,ooks a nd r,a1n1>l1- l~ts J)Ut ouc l,y a 19ch cen tu1 y saint ,vJ1cJ ,vas unexc ~lied in th~ study <Jf tl1e :s1>iri1- ual J1fe. lt ,vas f1rs1 J)ll l c1ut in 1898, \\ 1 }1ile J\1r . J\1urra)' \Vas ~ciJJ livi11g. ·1~l1ere 1s a l)rit:f excerpt for each day l)f the }ear. Jf "e 1ead 011e eacl1 day along ,vith our reguJar 1311,le ,eading, 1c annor h 4 11, but n1ake us l,ect .. 1 l11 ist1aus. JlcviC\\Cd by JlaJJ)h 1 . No1 dJund. JJ \XIJ J 1 liOL)" J>JilTI JC AN I J AN I 1~) DAY : 11 JI JR J>Jl Ji JtJ 'J, IA I , 1 1 J·- ouJson l1e1,l1 ·rd. 96 THE OHIO Ii -DEPENDENT BAPTIST pages. Paperbound . $ 1.50 PUBLICA– TION DATE : Aug. 10. Loizeaux Brothers, Inc., 19 W. 2 1st st., N . Y . 10, N. Y. 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A graduate of Phila– delpl1ia College o f Bible, Jvfr . hepherd served three First Bapti st Churches during a period of 25 years : Crum Lynne, ~enn– sylvania; Patchogue, N ew York ; and At– lantic Ciry, New Jersey. It was while he was in Atla ntic City tha t hi s "Message to I srael" broadcast began. 1'1rs. Shepherd is co-fou nder and co– director of "Message to lsrael " with her h usband.-Reviewed by Albert A . K i nsey, Zanesville. NE'1G' PRODUCTION RECORD SET A coca l of 177 new titles ( books a nd r ecords ) was released during 196 1 by Zondervan Publishing H ouse o f Grand Rapids, Michigan . Ano ther significant new tra nslatio n of the ew T estament was a<lded in the N or- 1 ie' s in,plified N eu· T estt11J1e;1t, which 1s a transla tion especially beamed at you nger Bible readers. 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