A Case for Historic Premillennialism

by Blomberg, Craig L.

• ISBN13: 9780801035968
• ISBN10: 0801035961
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-02-01
• Publisher: Baker Academic

Summary

Twentieth- and twenty-first-century American evangelicalism, Particularly at the popular level, has been virtually saturated with the eschatology of dispensational premillennialism. This volume provides a thoughtful alternative by presenting compelling arguments for historic, or classic, premillennialism-a position widely held throughout church history. Contributors include Craig L. Blomberg, Oscar A. Campos, Sung Wook Chung, Helene Dallaire, Donald Fairbairn, Richard S. Hess, Don J. Payne, and Timothy P. Weber. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Craig L. Blomberg (PhD, Aberdeen University) is distinguished professor of New Testament at Denver Seminary. He is the author of numerous books, including The Historical Reliability of the Gospels and Interpreting the Parables. Sung Wook Chung (DPhil, Oxford University) is associate professor of Christian theology at Denver Seminary. He is the author of Admiration and Challenge: Karl Barth's Theological Relationship with John Calvin and editor of Christ the One and Only: A Global Affirmation of the Uniqueness of Jesus Christ.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Dispensational and Historic Premillennialism as Popular Millennialist Movements	p. 1
The Future Written in the Past: The Old Testament and the Millennium	p. 23
Judaism and the World to Come	p. 37
The Posttribulationism of the New Testament: Leaving "Left Behind" Behind	p. 61
The Theological Method of Premillennialism	p. 89
Contemporary Millennial/Tribulational Debates: Whose Side Was the Early Church On?	p. 105
Toward the Reformed and Covenantal Theology of Premillennialism: A Proposal	p. 133
Premillennial Tensions and Holistic Missiology: Latin American Evangelicalism	p. 147
Conclusion	p. 171
List of Contributors	p. 173
Scripture and Ancient Writings Index	p. 175
Subject Index	p. 181
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