Official account of the Evangelical Theological Society and its quarterly journal JETS.

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Index of Book Reviews in JETS 69.1
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"The orthodoxy of ERAS does not entail the truth of ERAS. A doctrinal position could fully satisfy the demands of orthodoxy yet lack sufficient scriptural support to warrant acceptance. Perhaps the same can be said of ERAS." (JETS 69.1)
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"The typological relations model focuses on man and woman together as bearing the image of God as a type & foreshadowing of the telos of humanity in the union between Christ and his Bride." (JETS 69.1)
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"The principalities and powers [are] personal, suprahuman, immaterial agents, [and Paul identifies] them specifically as fallen angels—not demons or pagan deities—who are actively complicit with the perverse testing and scheming organized and administered by Satan." (JETS 69.1)
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"At least according to [Luke], the roots for the link between Jesus’s resurrection & the eschatological resurrection were present before Saul of Tarsus joined the Christians. It is nowhere explicated as directly as in 1 Cor 15, but the basis for it was in place." (JETS 69.1)
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"If Psalm 132 is heard as Christ’s own song, which becomes our own via our union with Christ, we can thus participate in the psalm’s remembrance of God’s promises to establish his dwelling place on earth, while also petitioning God to come & set the world to rights." (JETS 69.1)
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"Our hope is that this article highlights the need for theologians to pay adequate attention to evangelism and missions as they undertake future projects in systematic theology." (JETS 69.1)
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"In what settings do theological educators and students wrestle most with inappropriate envy of the undeserved generosity others receive?...Let’s stop comparing ourselves with others and look forward to that eternal glory that is the great equalizer..." (JETS 69.1)
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JETS 69.1 is available for ETS members at etsjets.org/jets-volume/jets…, and we’ll be tweeting out article abstracts over the next week. Our thanks to the authors who contributed! To subscribe to JETS, follow this link: etsjets.org/jets/jets-subscr…
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Jesus is risen! Happy Easter!
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Index of Book Reviews in JETS 68.4
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"All of this makes the wonder of God’s grace very clear, especially in the marked contrast between Asklepios, who required purity of all who came to him, and the Savior who, at great cost to himself, gives a life-changing and lasting purity to all who come to him." (JETS 68.4)
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"The good life of covenant blessings in connection to obedience to Yahweh anticipates and even prefigures a greater form of life—what later prophets will associate with the new covenant." (JETS 68.4)
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"Of the six elements that are typically found in the Hittite treaty structure, Deuteronomy has equivalents for only three...Deuteronomy is best understood when read on its own terms, with an eye to the rhetorical function of its individual sections." (JETS 68.4)
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"It is better to understand the positioning of Chronicles as a post-authorial frame generated by readers. There is a rationale for this canonical position at the end of the canon & also for the other two positions given to it..." (JETS 68.4)
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"A crucified & resurrected Messiah was not only unexpected, but offensive. That this idea was foreign to Second Temple Jewish beliefs does not discredit its scriptural basis. Rather, it highlights how historical circumstances may obscure correct theological insight." (JETS 68.4)
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"While Robinson retained an ecclesiological distinction between Jew and Gentile within the New Testament church, he also proposed an eschatological elimination of the distinction between Jew & Gentile with both people groups becoming one 'new man' or 'new humanity.'" (JETS 68.4)
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"The human prophetic authors of Scripture expected greater revelation of the salvation they themselves predicted...they wrote with an eschatological frame of reference, anticipating the Spirit’s full unveiling of the hidden eschatological elements they searched out."(JETS 68.4)
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"Throughout Scripture, God extends rest to sufferers not by assuring them of his inability to prevent their pain, but by inviting them to trust his presence and power to redeem their pain." (JETS 68.4)
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JETS 68.4 is available for ETS members at etsjets.org/jets-volume/jets…, and we’ll be tweeting out article abstracts over the next week. Our thanks to the authors who contributed! To subscribe to JETS, follow this link: etsjets.org/jets/jets-subscr…
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