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Titles appearing in Reference — Research Book News — December 2011
Arrangement is by title.

The Eerdmans companion to the Bible.

Ed. by Gordon D. Fee and Robert L. Hubbard, Jr.
W.B. Eerdmans, ©2011    834 p.    $40.00    BS475
978-0-8028-3823-0

Scholars mostly of the New Testament, but also the Old Testament, religion, biblical studies, archeology, and other fields comment on the text of the Bible passage by passage, putting each in the context of the whole book and suggesting meanings. They also explain references briefly, but do not consider historical or cultural factors underlying the text. The first section is for readers new to the Bible, and explains such matters as why there are books, how the Bible was passed down to the present, the Bible as literature, plants and animals, and measuring time. A final section on the Bible and the Church offers guides for Christian faith and Christian living. The glossary, profiles of characters, nations and peoples, and gazetteer alone would be worth the price. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Karl Barth and American evangelicalism.

Ed. by Bruce L. McCormack and Clifford B. Anderson.
W.B. Eerdmans, ©2011    387 p.    $38.00    BR1642
978-0-8028-6656-1

All but one of the 15 essays were delivered at the June 2007 second annual conference on Barth's (1886-1968) theology, held at Princeton University. The gathering sought to re-examine the mid-century critique of his work by Cornelius Van Til (1895-1987), to lay a new foundation for evangelical engagement with him on certain hot topics, and to explore how his theology might help evangelicals come to grips with contemporary theological movements. The topics include the Dutch origins of Van Til's appraisal, Barth on the hypostatic union, the problems of universalism, and an engagement between Bath and radical orthodoxy. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)