LOGIA A JOURNAL OF LUTHERAN THEOLOGY e astertide 2013 volume xxii, number 2 CONTENTS articles Paul Althaus: A Representative of the Erlangen School Reinhard Slenczka ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Heilsgeschichte and Atonement in the Theology of J. C. K. von Hofmann: An Exposition and Critique Jack Kilcrease ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 The “Third Use of the Law” and Werner Elert’s Position Lowell Green ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 27 The Third Use Revisited Scott R. Murray .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 35 Franz Delitzsch and The Psalms Jacob Corzine .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 39 Sermon for Rogate Sunday on James 1:22–27 Werner Elert, Translated by Adam Koontz .......................................................................................................................................................... 45 Sermon for the Feast of the Ascension on Mark 16:14–20 Werner Elert, Translated by Adam Koontz .......................................................................................................................................................... 49 Karlmann Beyschlag: The Last Twentieth-Century Erlangen Theologian Armin Wenz .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 53 Reviews ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 57 Review Essay: In statu confessionis III: Texte zu Union, Bekenntnis, Kirchenkampf und Ökumene. By Hermann Sasse. Edited by Werner Klän and Roland Ziegler. Review by Jacob Corzine Friends of the Law: Luther’s Use of the Law for the Christian Life. By Edward A. Engelbrecht. Review by Chris Hull Wilhelm Löhe: Erbe und Vision. Edited by Dietrich Blaufuß. Review by Jacob Corzine Wilhelm Loehe and the Nineteenth-Century Revival of Lutheran Confessionalism and Mission. The Pieper Lectures, Volume 13. Edited by John A. Maxfield. Review by Mark Mattes A Contemporary in Dissent: Johann Georg Hamann as Radical Enlightener. By Oswald Bayer; translated by Roy A. Harrisville and Mark C. Mattes. Review by Roy Axel Coats Erlangen: An American’s History of a German Town. By Gary C. Fouse. Review by John T. Pless BRIEFLY NOTED Logia Forum ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 67 Werner Elert On Preaching and the Liturgy • A Look Back—Erlangen 1945 Seminary Curriculum as Indicated by the Book of Concord • Should Absolution Be Unconditional? Hermann Bezzel: The Bishop Who Dared To Be Lutheran! Holy Baptism’s Diminishment • The Good Employer Also this Issue Call for Manuscripts ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 38 Inklings by Jim Wilson .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 65 Editors and Staff .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 75.