George Eldon Ladd
George Eldon Ladd | |
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Born | |
Notable works | The Presence of the Future, A Theology of the New Testament, A Commentary on the Revelation of John (NICNT) |
Notable ideas | Inaugurated eschatology |
Influenced | Evangelical eschatology |
George Eldon Ladd (July 31, 1911 – October 5, 1982
Biography
Ladd was born in
Ladd moved to California in 1950, and taught biblical theology at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena. Fuller was in the fourth year of its existence when Ladd joined the faculty, and Hagner notes that he "became one of the key figures in developing the seminary's direction."[2]
Notable contributions to evangelical theology
New Testament theology
Ladd's best-known work, A Theology of the New Testament, has been used by thousands of
Inaugurated and premillennial eschatology
Ladd was a notable modern proponent of
Recognition
John Piper uses Ladd's desire for scholarly credibility as a cautionary tale, and relates how Ladd "was almost undone emotionally and professionally" by Norman Perrin's critical review of Ladd's Jesus and the Kingdom. Piper goes on to describe how Ladd walked through the halls of Fuller shouting and waving a royalty check when A Theology of the New Testament was a stunning success ten years later.[7]
In 1978, a
Selected works
Books
- Ladd, George Eldon (1952). Crucial Questions About the Kingdom. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. ISBN 9780802815712.
- Ladd, George Eldon (1956). The Blessed Hope. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. OCLC 6672580.
- ——— (1959). The Gospel of the Kingdom: scriptural studies in the kingdom of God. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. OCLC 1233100.
- ——— (1964). Jesus and the Kingdom: the eschatology of Biblical realism. New York: Harper & Row. OCLC 1219175.
- ——— (1964). Rudolf Bultmann. IVP series in contemporary Christian thought. Vol. 7. Chicago, IL: Inter-Varsity Press. OCLC 4799561.
- ——— (1967). The New Testament and Criticism. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. OCLC 383103.
- ——— (1972). A Commentary on the Revelation of John. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. OCLC 257115.
- ——— (1973). The Presence of the Future: the eschatology of Biblical realism. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. OCLC 974064911. - original issued as Jesus and the Kingdom
- ——— (1974). A Theology of the New Testament (1st general ed.). Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. OCLC 803712. - originally published in small numbers in 1957
- ——— (1975). I Believe in the Resurrection of Jesus. Vol. 2. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. OCLC 1341576.
- ——— (1978). The Last Things: An Eschatology For Laymen. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. OCLC 3345471.
- ——— (1993). OCLC 850881255.
Articles and chapters
- ——— (Jan 1952). "The Kingdom of God in the Jewish Apocryphal Literature: Part 1". Bibliotheca Sacra. 109: 55–62.
- ——— (Apr 1952). "The Kingdom of God in the Jewish Apocryphal Literature: Part 2". Bibliotheca Sacra. 109: 164–74.
- ——— (Oct 1952). "The Kingdom of God in the Jewish Apocryphal Literature: Part 3". Bibliotheca Sacra. 109: 318–31.
- ——— (Jan 1952). "The Kingdom of God in 1 Enoch". Bibliotheca Sacra. 11: 32–49.
- ——— (1957). "The Revelation and Jewish Apocalyptic". The Evangelical Quarterly. 29 (2): 94–100.
Citations
- ^ "George Eldon Ladd SSN: 551504891 - Death Records". death-records.mooseroots.com. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ a b c Hagner, Donald A. (1999). "George Eldon Ladd". In Walter A. Elwell and J. D. Weaver (ed.). Bible Interpreters of the 20th Century. Grand Rapids: Baker. pp. 228–243.
- ^ Noll, Mark (1986). Between Faith and Criticism: Evangelicals, Scholarship, and the Bible in America. p. 212.
- ^ D'Elia 2008, p. 49.
- ^ D'Elia 2008, p. 10.
- ^ D'Elia 2008, p. xxiii.
- ^ Piper, John (2011). "The Pastor as Scholar". In Strachan, Owen; Mathis, David (eds.). The Pastor as Scholar and The Scholar as Pastor. p. 37.
References
- D'Elia, John A. (2008), A Place at the Table: George Eldon Ladd and the Rehabilitation of Evangelical Scholarship in America, Oxford University Press.
External links
- TheologicalStudies.org.uk Bibliography of George Eldon Ladd's works - some available on-line