New Testament Teaching on Tongues

by Unger, Merrill F.

• ISBN13: 9780825439032
• ISBN10: 0825439035
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-11-01
• Publisher: Kregel Pubns

Summary

Discussion and disagreements continue among Christians over the nature and the place of glossolalia or tongues. Few writers are more qualified to examine the biblical evidence concerning tongues than Dr. Merrill F. Unger, one of this century's most widely respected Bible scholars and seminary professors. Dr. Unger's concise but thorough examination of all the relevant New Testament passages and the evidence of church history helps Christian readers answer questions such as: Is the practice valid? Can it be scripturally sanctioned? What positive use or blessing does it have? Have its fruits in modern charismatic circles commended it to the church in general? Book jacket.

Author Biography

Merrill F. Unger (1909-1980) was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and graduated with honors from Johns Hopkins University. After obtaining Th.M. and Th.D. degrees from Dallas Theological Seminary, Unger earned a Ph.D. in Semitics and Biblical Archaeology from the Oriental Seminary of the School of Higher Studies of the Faculty of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins. He served in pastoral ministry prior to beginning his teaching career at Gordon Divinity School. His academic career included positions at Dallas Theological Seminary until his retirement in 1967.

Table of Contents

Charismatic Revivalism in the Church Today	1	(13)
The Meaning of Pentecost	14	(13)
Pentecost and Tongues	27	(8)
The Meaning of the Samaritan Revival	35	(7)
The Meaning of Cornelius' Conversion	42	(9)
Cornelius' Conversion and Tongues	51	(12)
The Meaning of the Conversion of the Ephesian Disciples	63	(5)
The Ephesian Disciples and Tongues	68	(6)
Summary of Tongues in the Book of Acts	74	(5)
Tongues and Spiritual Gifts	79	(11)
The Question of the Permanency of Tongues	90	(12)
Superiority of Prophecy to Tongues	102	(6)
The Purpose of Tongues	108	(11)
The Regulation of Tongues	119	(16)
Church History and Tongues	135	(12)
Evaluation of Tongues Today	147	(22)
Bibliography	169