THE

WESTMINSTER THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL

Volume LXVIII

SPRING, 2006

FALL, 2006

Nos. 1–2

published by

westminster theological seminary

chestnut hill

philadelphia, pennsylvania 19118

ISSN 0043-4388

CONTENTS

HISTORICAL AND THEOLOGICAL STUDIES

Middle Knowledge: A Reformed Critique by Travis James Campbell

The Theologian’s Tool Kit: Johannes Maccovius (1588–1644) and the Development of Reformed Theological Distinctions by Willem J. Van Asselt

Divine Impassibility and the Passion of Christ in the Book of Hebrews by Kevin Deyoung

BIBLICAL STUDIES

Illumination and Investiture: The Royal Significance of the Tree of Wisdom in Genesis 3 by William N. Wilder

The Talmud’s Two Jubilees and Their Relevance to the Date of the Exodus by Rodger Young

But Did They Live Happily Ever After? The Eschatology of the Book of Esther by Iain Duguid

Daniel 7:13 and the New Testament Son of Man by Michael B. Shepherd

The Cloud of Witnesses in Hebrews 11 by S. M. Baugh

RESPONSE ARTICLES

Rejoinder to Nicholas Perrin, “A Reformed Perspective on the New Perspective” by Guy Waters

Some Reflections on Hermeneutics and Method: A Reply to Guy Waters by Nicholas Perrin

REVIEWS OF BOOKS

Bruce K. Waltke, The Book of Proverbs: Chapters 1–15

————. The Book of Proverbs: Chapters 15–31 by Peter Enns

Paul E. Koptak, Proverbs by John P. Marcott

Wayne C. Kannaday, Apologetic Discourse and the Scribal Tradition: Evidence of the Influence of Apologetic Interests on the Text of the Canonical Gospels by Daniel M. Gurtner

Paul Helm, John Calvin’s Ideas by K. Scott Oliphint

Bradley Nassif et al., Three Views on Eastern Orthodoxy and Evangelicalism by Donald Fairbairn

James K. A. Smith, Introducing RRadical Orthodoxy: Mapping a Post-Secular Theology by Nathan R. Kerr

A. Donald MacLeod, W. Stanford Reid: An Evangelical Calvinist in the Academy by Peter J. Wallace

David B. Calhoun, The Splendor of Grace: Independent Presbyterian Church, 1755–2005 by Barry Waugh

James Calvin Davis, The Moral Theology of Roger Williams: Christian Conviction and Public Ethics by David Van Drunen

Gordon W. Lathrop, Holy Ground: A Liturgical Cosmology by Laurence C. Sibley, Jr.

Andreas Kostenberger with David Jones, God, Marriage, and Family: Rebuildingthe Biblical Foundations by John Tarwater

INAUGURAL LECTURES

Something Much Too Plain To Say by K. Scott Oliphint

Bible in Context: The Continuing Vitality of Reformed Biblical Scholarship by Peter Enns

HISTORICAL AND THEOLOGICAL STUDIES

Imputation and the Christology of Union with Christ: Calvin, Osiander, and the Contemporary Quest for a Reformed Model by Mark A. Garcia

A Note on “Christocentrism” and the Imprudent Use of Such Terminology by Richard A. Muller

Bavinck’s Prolegomena: Fresh Light on Amsterdam, Old Princeton, and Cornelius Van Til by Donald Macleod

BIBLICAL STUDIES

Cosmology in Historical Context by NoelK. Weeks

To Whom Does the Law Speak? Romans 3:19 and the Works of the Law Debate by Herbert Bowsher

Deuteronomy 30:11–14 as a Prophecy of the New Covenant in Christ ...