tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28113006.post116593544471834264..comments2023-07-13T08:48:47.109-05:00Comments on The Race Set Before Us: Will Chris VanLandingham Rock New Testament Studies As E. P. Sanders Did?abcanedayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13671418539630398806noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28113006.post-75367885368760122372007-03-10T08:26:00.000-06:002007-03-10T08:26:00.000-06:00I do not know where VanLandingham is presently emp...I do not know where VanLandingham is presently employed.abcanedayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13671418539630398806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28113006.post-71998857344829599642007-02-26T19:04:00.000-06:002007-02-26T19:04:00.000-06:00I agree. He seems to view God's sovereignty and h...I agree. He seems to view God's sovereignty and human responsibility as entirely incompatible. His struggle here is clearest on pp.112-118 and 122. His book is a reminder to me of the confusion (and alarming conclusions) one will have if he is not sensitive to several of the tensions that TRSBU addresses (esp the already and not-yet aspects of salvation). <BR/>I am still left beside myself about repentance in prayer as merely a "genre" issue and not necessarily true to reality. <BR/><BR/>Do you know what VanLandingham does currently? Is he a professor anywhere?Drew Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17464925916395099382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28113006.post-11286175236643522032007-02-16T06:13:00.000-06:002007-02-16T06:13:00.000-06:00Drew,Thanks for you kind commendation.Your comment...Drew,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for you kind commendation.<BR/><BR/>Your comment is particularly noteworthy to me, if I understand the implications correctly. I am still working my way through VanLandingham's book. It seems evident to me, from what I have read in the first half of the book, that VanLandingham exhibits considerable theological confusion, failing consistently to make crucial distinctions between <I>efficient cause</I> and <I>instrumental cause</I>. Now, of course, it may be that I am wrong about this. Nevertheless, given the fact that he has announced his thesis in the beginning of the book, as any well argued book ought to do, I rather think that my instinctive criticism is on target.<BR/><BR/>Do you concur, Drew?abcanedayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13671418539630398806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28113006.post-33305320941086110162007-02-14T13:36:00.000-06:002007-02-14T13:36:00.000-06:00Throughout reading VanLandingham's book, my apprec...Throughout reading VanLandingham's book, my appreciation for TRSBU steadily grew. Thanks again for such a great book!Drew Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17464925916395099382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28113006.post-1165977652042387652006-12-12T20:40:00.000-06:002006-12-12T20:40:00.000-06:00I agree with you, Nick. If the apostles, particula...I agree with you, Nick. If the apostles, particularly Paul, believed the same concerning salvation as Second Temple Period Jews did, one wonders why there was any controversy at all in Galatia. Was Paul just a poor communicator, or were the Agitators (Judaizers) just poor at understanding Paul's gospel? Why would Paul make such a fuss about "another gospel" (Gal 1:6-9)? <BR/><BR/>VanLandingham has me curious. I am eager to get reading the book, which I received yesterday. Once I have read the book, I anticipate that I will be interacting with it, if not drafting a review of it.abcanedayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13671418539630398806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28113006.post-1165967343100685882006-12-12T17:49:00.000-06:002006-12-12T17:49:00.000-06:00This looks really interesting. Just from the blur...This looks really interesting. Just from the blurb, though, it sounds as if the author doesn't think there is much that is "new" in the New Testament writers (especially Paul) view of salvation compared to that of second temple Jews--basically that they all thought the same things. This seems to me an impossible thesis to defend in light of how the NT writers conceive of themselves in relation to mainstream Judaism all around them.Nick Nowalkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16801028847236395038noreply@blogger.com