George Eldon Ladd

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George Eldon Ladd (July 31, 1911 - October 5, 1982 ) was an American Baptist pastor , evangelical theologian , New Testament scholar at Fuller Theological Seminary and author of the well-known book A Theology of the New Testament .

Life

Ladd turned to the Christian faith in 1929 . He then studied for four years at Gordon College of Theology and Mission and was subsequently ordained pastor of a Baptist church. He continued his studies at Gordon Divinity School while pastoring various churches. He graduated from Boston University and received his Ph.D. in 1949. at Harvard University . In 1950 he became a lecturer at Fuller Theological Seminary. For the following years he endeavored to gain acceptance for the methods of historical-critical theology in evangelical theology and to break away from the defensive stance of Christian fundamentalism . Ladd was considered an influential evangelical New Testament scholar , but also a critic of dispensationalism . His book A Theology of the New Testament , first published in 1974 and translated into French, Spanish and Chinese, is considered one of the most influential books for evangelical theologians in the United States.

A biography of his life was published in 2008 entitled "A Place at the Table: George Eldon Ladd and the Rehabilitation of Evangelical Scholarship in America".

Fonts (selection)

  • The Gospel of the Kingdom . Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1959. ISBN 0-8028-1280-5
  • Rudolf Bultmann . Chicago: Inter-Varsity Press, 1964
  • A Commentary on the Revelation of John . Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1972. ISBN 0-8028-1684-3
  • I believe in the resurrection of Jesus . Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1975
    • The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead . Hänssler Verlag , Neuhausen (Stuttgart), 1979.
  • (Collaboration with :) Robert G. Clouse (Ed.): The meaning of the Millennium: four views. Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity, 1977
    • The Millennial Empire: Meaning and Reality. Four contributions from an evangelical point of view . Marburg an der Lahn: Verlag der Francke-Buchhandlung , 1983.
  • The Last Things (An Eschatology For Laymen) . Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1978.
  • The Blessed Hope . Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1980. ISBN 0-8028-1111-6
  • A Theology of the New Testament . 1974, 2d ed. Edited by Donald A. Hagner. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993. ISBN 0-8028-0680-5
  • The Presence of the Future . Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996. ISBN 0-8028-1531-6

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Randall Herbert Balmer: Ladd, George Eldon (1911-1982) . In: Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism . Baylor University Press, Waco 2004, ISBN 1-932792-04-X , pp. 390 (English).
  2. ^ Mark Noll, Between Faith and Criticism: Evangelicals, Scholarship, and the Bible in America . 1986, p. 212 .
personal data
SURNAME Ladd, George Eldon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Baptist pastor, evangelical theologian, and New Testament scholar at Fuller Theological Seminary
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1911
DATE OF DEATH 5th October 1982