THREE VIEWS ON ISRAEL AND THE CHURCH

Perspectives on Romans 9–11

JARED COMPTON • ANDREW DAVID NASELLI

EDITORS

MICHAEL J. VLACH • BENJAMIN L. MERKLE

FRED G. ZASPEL & JAMES M. HAMILTON JR.

CONTRIBUTORS

Three Views on Israel and the Church: Perspectives on Romans 9–11

© 2018 by Jared Compton and Andrew David Naselli

Published by Kregel Academic, an imprint of Kregel Publications, 2450 Oak Industrial Dr. NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505-6020.

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CONTENTS

Contributors

Abbreviations

Introduction

Andrew David Naselli

A Non-Typological Future-Mass-Conversion View

Michael J. Vlach

Response to Vlach

Fred G. Zaspel and James M. Hamilton Jr.

Response to Vlach

Benjamin L. Merkle

A Typological Future-Mass-Conversion View

Fred G. Zaspel and James M. Hamilton Jr.

Response to Zaspel and Hamilton

Michael J. Vlach

Response to Zaspel and Hamilton

Benjamin L. Merkle

A Typological Non-Future-Mass-Conversion View

Benjamin L. Merkle

Response to Merkle

Michael J. Vlach

Response to Merkle

Fred G. Zaspel and James M. Hamilton Jr.

Conclusion

Jared Compton

Scripture Index

Name and Subject Index

CONTRIBUTORS

Jared Compton (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is pastor for discipleship at CrossWay Community Church in Bristol, WI. He is the author of Psalm 110 and the Logic of Hebrews and several articles.

James M. Hamilton Jr. (PhD, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is professor of biblical theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and preaching pastor of Kenwood Baptist Church in Louisville, KY. He is the author of many books and articles, including God’s Glory in Salvation through Judgment.

Benjamin L. Merkle (PhD, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is professor of New Testament and Greek at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, editor of The Southeastern Theological Review, and an elder of North ...

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About Three Views on Israel and the Church: Perspectives on Romans 9–11

A comparison of three major views on the relationship between Israel and the church.

The relationship between Israel and the church is a long-standing debate in Christian theology, and Romans 9–11 are the most important chapters for understanding it. How one interprets these chapters determines how one understands biblical theology, how the New Testament uses the Old Testament, and how the old and new covenants are related.

To help readers draw their own conclusion, four leading scholars on this issue present a case for their viewpoint, followed by a response and critique from the others. Michael Vlach argues for a future mass conversion and a role for ethnic Israel in the church. Fred Zaspel and Jim Hamilton present a case for a future mass conversion that does not include a role for ethnic Israel. And Benjamin Merkle contends that Romans 9–11 promises neither a future mass conversion nor a role for ethnic Israel.

General editor Andrew David Naselli helpfully sets the debate in its larger biblical-theological context in the introduction, while Jared Compton provides a useful summary of the views and interactions at the end of the volume.

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