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Books by Kline

By Oath Consigned: A Reinterpretation of the Covenant Signs of Circumcision and Baptism. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1968.

The Structure of Biblical Authority. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1972. 2nd Ed., 1975.

Images of the Spirit. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1980.

Kingdom Prologue: Genesis Foundations for a Covenantal Worldview. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2006.

God, Heaven and Har Magedon: A Covenantal Tale of Cosmos and Telos. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2006.

The Essential Writings of Meredith G. Kline. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2017.

Articles by Kline

“The Relevance of the Theocracy.” Presbyterian Guardian (Feb 16, 1953): 26-27, 36.

“The Intrusion and the Decalogue.” Westminster Theological Journal 16 (1953-54): 1-22. Reprinted in The Structure of Biblical Authority.

“A Study in the Structure of the Revelation of John.” Unpublished class notes. Philadelphia: Westminster Theology Seminary, 1971.

“The Old Testament Origins of the Gospel Genre.” Westminster Theological Journal 38 (1975-76): 1-27. Reprinted in the 2nd Edition (1975) of The Structure of Biblical Authority and in The Essential Writings of Meredith G. Kline.

“The First Resurrection.” Westminster Theological Journal 37 (1975): 366-375. Reprinted in The Essential Writings of Meredith G. Kline.

“The First Resurrection: A Reaffirmation.” Westminster Theological Journal 39 (1976): 110-119. Reprinted in The Essential Writings of Meredith G. Kline.

“Primal Parousia.” Westminster Theological Journal 40 (1977-78): 245-280. Reprinted in Images of the Spirit and in The Essential Writings of Meredith G. Kline.

“The Oracular Origin of the State.” Pages 132-141 in Biblical and Near Eastern Studies: Essays in Honor of William Sanford LaSor. Edited by Gary A. Tuttle. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1978. Reprinted in The Essential Writings of Meredith G. Kline.

“Comments on a New-Old Error: A Review Article.” Review of Theonomy in Christian Ethics by Greg L. Bahnsen. Westminster Theological Journal 41 (1978-79): 172-189.

“Gospel Until the Law: Rom 5:13-14 and the Old Covenant,” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 34.4 (Dec 1991): 433-46.

“Covenant Theology Under Attack.” New Horizons 15 (Feb 1994): 3-5.

“Har Magedon: The End of the Millennium.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 39 (June 1996): 207-222. Reprinted in The Essential Writings of Meredith G. Kline.

“Kline on the Works Principle in the Mosaic Economy.” Kline quotes compiled by Charles Lee Irons. http://www.upper-register.com/papers/works-principle-mosaic-economy.pdf

Other

Beale, G. K. The Book of Revelation. New International Greek Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999.

__________. The Temple and the Church’s Mission: A Biblical Theology of the Dwelling Place of God. New Studies in Biblical Theology. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2004.

Beale, G. K., with David H. Campbell. Revelation: A Shorter Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2015.

Berkhof, L. Systematic Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1941.

Bock, Darrell L., ed. Three Views of the Millennium and Beyond. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1999.

Brown, Michael and Zach Keele. Sacred Bond: Covenant Theology Explored. Grandville, MI: Reformed Fellowship, 2012.

Clowney, Edmund P. Preaching and Biblical Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1961. Reprint: Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 2002.

Crowe, Brandon. The Last Adam: A Theology of the Obedient Life of Jesus in the Gospels. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2017.

Duguid, Iain M. Living in the Gap Between Promise and Reality: The Gospel According to Abraham. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 1999.

Erskine, Ralph. The Sermons and Other Practical Works of the Late Reverend and Learned Mr. Ralph Erskine. Falkirk: Patrick Mair, 1795.

Estelle, Bryan D. Echoes of Exodus. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2018.

Estelle, Bryan D., J. V. Fesko, and David VanDrunen, eds. The Law is Not of Faith: Essays on Works and Grace in the Mosaic Covenant. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 2009.

Fisher, Edward. The Marrow of Modern Divinity. With Notes by Thomas Boston. Ross-Shire: Christian Heritage, 2015.

Goldsworthy, Graham. Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000.

Gordon, T. David. “A Critique of Theonomy: A Taxonomy.” Westminster Theological Journal 56 (1994): 23-43.

Hagopian, David G., ed. The Genesis Debate: Three Views on the Days of Creation. Mission Viejo, CA: Crux Press, 2001.

Hess, Richard S. and David Toshio Tsumura, eds. I Studied Inscriptions from Before the Flood: Ancient Near Eastern, Literary, and Linguistic Approaches to Genesis 1-11. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1994.

Horton, Michael. God of Promise: Introducing Covenant Theology. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2006.

Irons, Charles Lee. “Biblical and Systematic Theology: A Digest of Reformed Opinion on Their Proper Relationship.” http://www.upper-register.com/papers/bt_st.html

__________. “The Framework Interpretation: An Exegetical Summary.” Ordained Servant 9 (2000): 7-11.

__________. “The Reformed Theocrats: A Biblical Theological Response.” http://www.upper-register.com/papers/reformed_theocrats.pdf

__________. “The Framework Interpretation of the Days of Creation.” Christian Research Journal 35.1 (2012): 8-9.

__________. “Kline on the Works Principle in the Mosaic Economy: An Exposition.” http://www.upper-register.com/papers/works-principle-mosaic-economy-exposition.pdf

Jeon, Jeong Koo. Biblical Theology: Covenants and the Kingdom of God in Redemptive History. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2017.

Johnson, Dennis. Him We Proclaim: Preaching Christ from All the Scriptures. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 2007.

Lawrence, Michael. Biblical Theology in the Life of the Church: A Guide for Ministry. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2010.

Marshall, Walter. The Gospel Mystery of Sanctification: Growing in Holiness by Living in Union with Christ. A new version, put into modern English by Bruce H. McRae. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2005.

Mendenhall, George E. “Puppy and Lettuce in Northwest-Semitic Covenant Making.” Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 133 (1954): 26-30.

__________. “Law and Covenant in Israel and the Ancient Near East.” Biblical Colloquium, 1955.

Postell, Seth D. Adam as Israel: Genesis 1–3 as the Introduction to the Torah and the Tanakh. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2011.

Ridderbos, Herman. The Coming of the Kingdom. Translated by H. de Jongste. Edited by Raymond O. Zorn. Philadelphia, PA: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1962.

__________. Paul: An Outline of His Theology. Translated by John Richard de Witt. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1975.

Riddlebarger, Kim. A Case for Amillennialism: Understanding the End Times. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2003.

Robertson, O. Palmer. The Christ of the Covenants. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1980.

Rydelnik, Michael. The Messianic Hope: Is the Hebrew Bible Really Messianic? NAC Studies in Bible & Theology. Nashville: B&H Academic, 2010.

Satterthwaite, Philip E., Richard S. Hess, and Gordon J. Wenham, eds. The Lord’s Anointed: Interpretation of Old Testament Messianic Texts. Carlisle: Paternoster; and Grand Rapids: Baker, 1995.

Treat, Jeremy R. The Crucified King: Atonement and Kingdom in Biblical and Systematic Theology. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014.

VanDrunen, David. Living in God’s Two Kingdoms: A Biblical Vision for Christianity and Culture. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2010.

__________. “Israel’s Recapitulation of Adam’s Probation Under the Law of Moses.” Westminster Theological Journal 73 (2011): 303-24.

__________. Divine Covenants and Moral Order: A Biblical Theology of Natural Law. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2014.

__________. Politics after Christendom: Political Theology in a Fractured World. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2020.

Vos, Geerhardus. “The Idea of Biblical Theology as a Science and as a Theological Discipline.” Anson D. F. Randolph, 1894. http://www.biblicaltheology.org/ibt.pdf

__________. “The Pauline Eschatology and Chiliasm.” Princeton Theological Review 9 (1911): 26-60.

__________. Biblical Theology: Old and New Testaments. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1948.

Walton, John H. The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2009.