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Hermeneutics and Modern Linguistics by Mark E Logia a journal of lutheran theology H eastertide/april 1995 volume Iv, number 2 ei[ ti" lalei', CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Ulrich Asendorf—Pastor, Hannover, Germany wJ" lovgia Qeou' Burnell F. Eckardt Jr.—Pastor, St. John Lutheran Church, Berlin, WI Charles Evanson—Pastor, Redeemer Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, IN logia is a journal of Lutheran theology. As such it publishes articles Ronald Feuerhahn—Professor, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO on exegetical, historical, systematic, and liturgical theology that promote the orthodox theology of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. We cling to Lowell Green—Professor, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY God’s divinely instituted marks of the church: the gospel, preached Paul Grime—Pastor, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, West Allis, WI purely in all its articles, and the sacraments, administered according to David A. Gustafson—Pastor, Peace Lutheran Church, Poplar, WI Christ’s institution. This name expresses what this journal wants to be. In Tom G. A. Hardt—Pastor, St. Martin’s Lutheran Church, Stockholm, Sweden Greek, LOGIA functions either as an adjective meaning “eloquent,” “learned,” or “cultured,” or as a plural noun meaning “divine revela- Matthew Harrison—Pastor, St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Westgate, IA tions,” “words,” or “messages.” The word is found in Peter :, Acts Steven Hein—Professor, Concordia University, River Forest, IL , : and Romans : . Its compound forms include oJmologiva (confes- Horace Hummel—Professor Emeritus, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO sion), ajpologiva (defense), and ajvnalogiva (right relationship). Each of these concepts and all of them together express the purpose and method Arthur Just—Professor, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN of this journal. LOGIA is committed to providing an independent theolog- John Kleinig—Professor, Luther Seminary, North Adelaide, ical forum normed by the prophetic and apostolic Scriptures and the South Australia, Australia Lutheran Confessions. At the heart of our journal we want our readers to Arnold J. Koelpin—Professor, Dr. Martin Luther College, New Ulm, MN find a love for the sacred Scriptures as the very Word of God, not merely as rule and norm, but especially as Spirit, truth, and life which reveals Lars Koen—Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden Him who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life—Jesus Christ our Lord. Gerald Krispin—Professor, Concordia College, Edmonton, Alberta, Therefore, we confess the church, without apology and without rancor, Canada only with a sincere and fervent love for the precious Bride of Christ, the Peter K. Lange—Pastor, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Concordia, MO holy Christian church, “the mother that begets and bears every Christian through the Word of God,” as Martin Luther says in the Large Cate- Alan Ludwig—Pastor, Concordia and Immanuel Lutheran Churches, Cresbard and Wecota, SD chism (LC II, ). We are animated by the conviction that the Evangeli- cal Church of the Augsburg Confession represents the true expression of Cameron MacKenzie—Professor, Concordia Theological Seminary, the church which we confess as one, holy, catholic, and apostolic. Fort Wayne, IN Gottfried Martens—Pastor, St. Mary’s Lutheran Church, Berlin, Germany THE COVER ART features the leaf containing the Easter Gospel (Luke Kurt Marquart—Professor, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN :‒) from the Biblia Latina cum postillis Nicolai de Lyra printed in Norman E. Nagel—Professor, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO , Nuremberg by Anton Koberger on December . Martin Noland—Pastor, Christ Lutheran Church, Oak Park, IL Nicholas de Lyra (c. –) was a Franciscan and the best equipped Biblical scholar of the Middle Ages. Luther praised Lyra’s work. Wilhelm Petersen—President, Bethany Seminary, Mankato, MN Anton Koberger was the greatest printer in the most important center Hans-Lutz Poetsch—Pastor Emeritus, Lutheran Hour, Berlin, Germany of printing in fifteenth-century Germany. Robert D. Preus—The Luther Academy, Shorewood, MN This copy was made from the original incunabulum given by Paul L. Clarence Priebbenow—Pastor, Trinity Lutheran Church, Oakey, Kluender. The volume is housed in the Rare Book Collection of Con- Queensland, Australia cordia Seminary Library in Saint Louis. Used by permission. Richard Resch—Kantor, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, IN David P. Scaer—Professor, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN EDITORS Robert Schaibley—Pastor, Zion Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, IN Michael J. Albrecht, Copy Editor—Pastor, St. James Lutheran Church, West St. Paul, MN Bruce Schuchard—Pastor, St. James Lutheran Church, Victor, IA Joel A. Brondos, Logia Forum and Correspondence Editor—Pastor, Harold Senkbeil—Pastor, Elm Grove Lutheran Church, Elm Grove, WI St. John Lutheran Church, Vincennes, IN Carl P. E. Springer—Professor, Illinois State University, Normal, IL Charles Cortright, Editorial Assistant—Professor, Northwestern John Stephenson—Professor, Concordia Seminary, St. Catharines, College, Watertown, WI Ontario, Canada Scott Murray, Editorial Associate—Pastor, Salem Lutheran Church, Walter Sundberg—Professor, Luther Northwestern Theological Gretna, LA Seminary, St. Paul, MN John Pless, Book Review Editor—Pastor, University Lutheran Chapel, David Jay Webber—Pastor, Trinity Lutheran Church, Brewster, MA Minneapolis, MN Tom Rank, Editorial Associate—Pastor, Scarville Lutheran Church, William Weinrich—Professor, Concordia Theological Seminary, Scarville, IA Fort Wayne, IN Erling Teigen, Editorial Coordinator—Professor, Bethany Lutheran George F. Wollenburg—President, Montana District LCMS, Billings, MT College, Mankato, MN LOGIA (ISSN #‒) is published quarterly by the Luther Academy, Bracketts Road, Jon D. Vieker, Editorial Associate—Pastor, St. Mark’s Lutheran Shorewood, MN . Third class postage paid (permit #61)) at Aberdeen, SD and additional mailing Church, West Bloomfield, MI offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to LOGIA, PO Box , Cresbard, SD 57435. Editorial Department: Plum St., Mankato, MN . Unsolicited material is welcomed but cannot be returned unless accompanied by sufficient return postage. SUPPORT STAFF Book Review Department: University Avenue SE, Minneapolis, MN . All books received will be listed. Logia Forum and Correspondence Department: N. Eighth St., Vincennes, IN Dianne Bisbee, Advertising Assistant—Cresbard, South Dakota ‒. Letters selected for publication are subject to editorial modification, must be typed or computer printed, and must contain the writer’s name and complete address. Brent W. Kuhlman, Development Manager—Pastor, Faith Lutheran Subscription & Advertising Department: PO Box , Cresbard, SD 57435. Advertising rates and Church, Hebron, NE specifications are available upon request. 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Sell......................................................................................................................................................................................................... The Uniqueness of the Christian Scriptures: The Scriptures in the Context of History By Arnold J. Koelpin .............................................................................................................................................................................................. Entrance into the Biblical World: The First and Crucial Cross-Cultural Move By Dean O. Wenthe ............................................................................................................................................................................................... “Inklings” by Jim Wilson...................................................................................................................................................................................... The Authority of Scripture: Luther’s Approach to Allegory in Galatians By Timothy H. Maschke ....................................................................................................................................................................................... The Language of Faith By Burnell F. Eckardt Jr. ....................................................................................................................................................................................... Creation ex Nihilo: The Way of God By William C. Weinrich ........................................................................................................................................................................................ The Christian Philosophy and the Christian Religion By Martin R. 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