Interpretation & History

Essays in honour of

Allan A. MacRae

by

 
Edited by
R. Laird Harris
Swee-Hwa Quek
J. Robert Vannoy

1986

Allan A. MacRae
Allan Alexander MacRae
"From a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith"
(I Tim 1.5 NIV)



BIOGRAPHY

(A.B., A.M., Occidental College; Th.B., Princeton Theological Seminary; A.M. (Semitic Philology), Princeton University; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania) is Chancellor and Professor of Old Testament at Biblical Theological Seminary. In addition to his degrees, Dr MacRae's educational background involved the study of ancient languages related to the Bible (Babylonian Cuneiform, Egyptian Hieroglyphics, Arabic and Syriac) at the University of Berlin; training under W. F. Albright at the American Schools of Oriental Research in Jerusalem, jointly discovering with Prof. Albright and two others the site of the biblical city of Ham (Gen 14); and research at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.  Besides an extensive preaching, lecturing and writing career, Dr MacRae has taught at Westminster Theological Seminary (1929-37), Faith Theological Seminary (1937-71), and Biblical Theological Seminary (1971-1990).


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From the Dust Jacket

A volume of essays written and presented to Dr. Allan A. MacRae by his former pupils on the occasion of his eighty-fourth birthday. The book concerns vital issues affecting the interpretation of the Bible and the understanding of certain historical problems. It comprises contributions by seventeen scholars (besides a few others), namely, R. Laird Harris, J. Robert Vannoy, Robert E. Longacre, Paul R. Gilchrist, Samuel J. Schultz, Elmer B. Smick, Robert A. Peterson, Robert C. Newman, W. Harold Mare. Vernon C. Grounds, Robert J. Dunzweiler, Gordon R. Lewis, William Paul, Wilber B. Wallis, Thomas V. Taylor, William N. Harding, and John M. L. Young.


CONTENTS

Frontispiece 2  002

Foreword 7  007  008  009

PART ONE

Allan A. MacRae: An Appreciation 11 011

Tributes

Francis A. Schaeffer 11 011
John W. Sanderson 12 012
Jack W. Murray 13 013
R. Laird Harris 14 014
Swee-Hwa Quek 15 015
Timothy Tow Siang Hui 16 016
R. ALLAN KILLEN 17 017  018  019  020  021  022  023  024
ROBERT J. DUNZWEILER 25 025  026  027  028  029  030
A Bibliography of Allan Alexander MacRae, Ph.D.  by JAMES C. PAKALA 31 031  032  033  034  035  036  037  038  039  040  041  042  043  044  045  046

Tabula Gratulatoria 47-55 047  048  049  050  051  052  053  054  055


PART TWO
Biblical Hermeneutics
Prophecy, Illustration and Typology by R. LAIRD HARRIS 57 057  058  059  060  061  062  063  064  065  066

Old Testament
Divine Revelation and History in the Old Testament by J. ROBERT VANNOY 67 067  068  069  070  071  072  073  074
Who Sold Joseph into Egypt? by ROBERT E. LONGACRE 75 075  076  077  078  079  080  081  082  083  084  085  086  087  088  089  090  091  092
Towards a Covenantal Definition of TORA by PAUL R. GILCHRIST 93 093  094  095  096  097  098  099  100  101  102  103  104  105  106  107  108
Sacrifice in the God-Man Relationship in the Pentateuch by SAMUEL J. SCHULTZ 109 109  110  111  112  113  114  115  116  117  118  119  120  121  122
Israel's Struggle with the Religions of Canaan by ELMER B. SMICK 123 123  124  125  126  127  128  129  130  131  132  133  134

New Testament
Christ's Death as an Example in the New Testament by ROBERT A. PETERSON 135 135  136  137  138
Perspective Transformation by Means of Parables by ROBERT C. NEWMAN 139 139  140  141  142  143  144  145  146  147  148  149  150  151  152  153  154
The Work Ethic of the Gospels and Acts by W. HAROLD MARE 155 155  156  157  158  159  160  161  162  163  164  165  166  167  168

Theology and Philosophy
The Bible and the Modern Mind by VERNON C. GROUNDS 169 169  170  171  172  173  174  175  176  177  178  179  180  181  182  183  184
Inspiration, "Inspiredness," and the Proclamation of God's Word Today by ROBERT J. DUNZWEILER 185 185  186  187  188  189  190  191  192  193  194  195  196  197  198  199  200
Three Sides to Every Story: Relating the Absolutes of General and Special Revelation to Relativists by GORDON R. LEWIS 201 201  202  203  204  205  206  207  208  209  210
Time and Historical Significance by WILLIAM W. PAUL 211 211  212  213  214  215  216  217  218  219  220  221  222  223  224
Reflections on the History of Premillennial Thought by WILBER B. WALLIS 225 225  226  227  228  229  230  231  232  233  234  235  236  237  238  239  240  241  242  243  244  245  246  247  248  249  250  251  252

Church History and Missions
Church History Revisited by THOMAS V. TAYLOR 253 253  254  255  256  257  258  259  260  261  262  263  264  265  266  267  268  269  270  271  272
An Examination of Passages Cited by the Jehovah's Witnesses to Deny Jesus Is God by WILLIAM N. HARDING 273 273  274  275  276  277  278  279  280
Cross Cultural Witness: Conflict and Accommodation by JOHN M. L. YOUNG 281 281  282  283  284  285  286  287  288  289  290

INDEX 291 291  292  293  294  295  296  297  298  299 300

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