Andrews University SEMINARY STUDIES Volume 23 Number 2 Summer 1985 Andrews University Press ANDREWS UNIVERSITY SEMINARY STUDIES The Journal of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary of Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan 49104, U.S.A. Editor: KENNETH A. STRAND Associate Editors: RAOUL DEDEREN, LAWRENCE T. GERATY, GERHARD F. HASEL, WILLIAM H. HESSEL, ROBERT M. JOHNSTON, GEORGE R. KNIGHT, GEORGE E. RICE, LEONA G. RUNNING Book Review Editor: WILLIAM H. SHEA Editorial Assistant: ELLEN S. EASES Circulation Manager: ELLEN S. ERBES Editorial and Circulation Offices: AUSS, Seminary Hall, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI 49104, U.S.A. ANDREWS UNIVERSITY SEMINARY STUDIES publishes papers and brief notes on the following subjects: Biblical linguistics and its cognates, Biblical theology, textual criticism, exegesis, Biblical archaeology and geography, ancient history, church history, systematic theology, philosophy of religion, ethics, history of religions, missiology, and special areas relating to practice of ministry and to religious education. The opinions expressed in articles, brief notes, book reviews, etc., are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the editors. Subscription Information: ANDREWS UNIVERSITY SEMINARY STUDIES is published in the Spring, Summer, and Autumn. The subscription rate for 1985 is as follows: Foreign U.S.A. (in U.S.A. funds) Regular Subscriber $12.00" $13.50' Institutions (including Libraries) 15.00" 16.50' Students 9.50' 11.00' Retirees 9.50' 11.00' (Price for Single Copy is $6.00) 'NOTE: These are net rates for prepaid orders. 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The "Summer That Will Never End": Luther's Longing for the "Dear Last Day" in His Sermon on Luke 21 (1531) 181 HERR, LARRY G. Is the Spelling of "Baalis" in Jeremiah 40:14 a Mutilation? 187 SHEA, WILLIAM H. Further Literary Structures in Daniel 2-7: An Analysis of Daniel 4 193 BOOK REVIEWS 205 Elliott, John H. A Home for the Homeless: A Sociological Exegesis of 1 Peter, Its Situation and Strategy Pedrito U. Maynard-Reid Ellison, H. L. Exodus Lloyd A. Willis Geller, Stephen A.; Greenstein, Edward L.; and Berlin, Adele. A Sense of Text: The Art of Language in the Study of Biblical Literature William H. Shea Hocking, David L. The Nature of God in Plain Language Jon Paulien 130 CONTENTS Meyers, Carol L., and O'Connor, M., eds. The Word of the Lord Shall Go Forth: Essays in Honor of David Noel Freedman in Celebration of His Sixtieth Birthday William H. Shea Nash, Ronald H. Social Justice and the Christian Church Daniel Augsburger Neall, Beatrice S. The Concept of Character in the Apocalypse with Implications for Character Education Kenneth A. Strand Patterson, Bob E. Carl F. H. Henry Miroslav Ku BOOK NOTICES 221 ANDREWS UNIVERSITY SEMINARY STUDIES The Journal of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary of Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan 49104, U.S.A. The articles in this journal are indexed, abstracted, or listed in: Book Reviews of the Month; Elenchus Bibliographicus Biblicus; International Bibliography of the History of Religions; Internationale Zeitschriftenschau fur Bibelwissenschaft and Grenzgebiete; New Testament Abstracts; Old Testament Abstracts; Orientalistische Literaturzeitung; Orient-Press; Recently Published Articles (publication of the American Historical Association); Religion Index One: Periodicals (formerly Index to Religious Periodical Literature); Religious and Theological Abstracts; Seventh- day Adventist Periodical Index; Subject Index to Periodical Literature—Mosher Library; Theologische Zeitschrift; Zeitschrift far die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft. Copyright © 1985 by Andrews University Press ISSN 0003-2980 indrews University Seminary Studies, Summer 1985, Vol. 23, No. 2, 131-142. copyright © 1985 by Andrews University Press. INTRODUCTORY NOTE A TRIBUTE TO HULDRYCH ZWINGLI KENNETH A. STRAND AUSS Editor Last year, in follow-up of the Martin Luther Jubilee, AUSS devoted a full issue to this pioneer of sixteenth-century Protestant reformers, who had been given such widespread attention in 1983 on the five-hundredth anniversary of his birth. Although the quin- centennial of Huldrych Zwingli's birth in 1984 did not elicit the same degree of response, nevertheless Zwingli has been honored, both last year and this year, in various convocations and publications here and abroad. Although we have felt it inadvisable for AUSS to devote again a full issue to another personage of the sixteenth century — important though he may be—, we have deemed it appropriate to include as one of our main articles in each issue this year a presentation that in some way highlights the contributions of Zwingli. Accordingly, in our Spring number, we carried a study by J. Wayne Baker which, though dealing with a broader concern (dialogue and debate between Basel and Zurich on the matter of church disci- pline), does give a fair amount of attention to the pioneer Zurich reformer himself. In the present number, the major article which im- mediately follows this introductory note and chronological table is by world-renowned Zwingli specialist Ulrich Gabler, who probes certain questions at the "cutting edges" of present-day Zwingli research. The final article on Zwingli—planned for our Autumn issue—is being pre- pared by another authority on the Swiss Reformation, Daniel A. Augsburger, who will highlight important aspects of the Zurich re- former's career that have given him an enduring significance. Last year, in our AUSS Luther issue, we included a brief chrono- logical sketch of that Reformer's career—one taking note also of impor- tant events contemporary with Luther's life span. A similar brief chronological sketch of Zwingli's career is provided below, with notice again of certain important events which occurred in his lifetime. For further details concerning the Reformation in Germany, that earlier chronological table may be consulted (see AUSS 22 [1984]: 25-32). Before we proceed to the chronological sketch of Zwingli's life, a summary of the political situation in Switzerland during the time of his reformatory career in Zurich (1519-31) is appropriate. At that time, 131 132 KENNETH A. STRAND Switzerland consisted of thirteen cantons in somewhat loose confedera- tion, plus some "common" and "allied" districts (of which more will be said below). The Confederation originated with the joining of three "forest" or "rural" cantons in 1291 — Schwyz, Unterwalden, and Uri. Ten further cantons entered the Confederation as follows: Lucerne (another "forest" canton) in 1332; Glarus and Zurich in 1351; Zug (also a "forest" canton) in 1352; Bern in 1353; Fribourg and Solothurn in 1481; Basel and Schaffhausen in 1501; and Appenzell in 1513. Nomi- nally, Switzerland was part of the Holy Roman Empire; but, by the Treaty of Basel of September 22, 1499, after a decisive Swiss victory over Emperor Maximilian's armies, the Confederation was assured of virtual political independence within the Empire. The Swiss were valiant soldiers; and by Zwingli's time, it had become customary to sell mercenary services (sometimes called "pensioning") to foreign powers, such as France, the Pope, and the Empire. During the second decade of the sixteenth century, Swiss troops fighting in Italy as mercenaries for the French suffered heavy losses — especially in 1515 at Marignano, where Zwingli himself was present as a chaplain. During the middle to late 1520s, four cantons converted quite thoroughly to the kind of evangelical faith promoted by Zwingli: namely, Zurich, Bern, Basel, and Schaffhausen. In Appenzell, some six of the eight districts also opted for the new faith; and Glarus was some- what more evenly divided between the two religious parties. On the other hand, cantons remaining staunchly within the Catholic camp were the five "forest cantons" of Lucerne, Schwyz, Unterwalden, Uri, and Zug, plus two cantons farther to the west — Fribourg and Solothurn. In addition to the thirteen cantons, there were in "Switzerland" various "allied districts," such as the Grisons ("Graubunden"), St. Gall, Neuchatel, and Valais. There were also "subject territories" or "com- mon bailiwicks," such as the Aargau, Thurgau, and Vaud. Most such territories became divided between the old and new faiths, but the Valais and certain other regions bordering on Italy adhered to Ca- tholicism. (Geneva, the Vaud, and Neuchatel eventually became Calvinistic.) Post-Zwinglian Switzerland saw various "allied districts" and "common bailiwicks" gain the status of cantons: Aargau, Geneva, Grisons, Neuchatel, St. Gall, Thurgau, Ticino, Valais, and Vaud. As for the city of Zurich itself, at the time of Zwingli's arrival in 1519 it was subject ecclesiastically to the Bishop of Constance—an allegiance broken as the city and canton turned Protestant. The politi- cal affairs were conducted by two burgomasters, a "Small Council" (Council of Fifty), and a "Great Council" (Council of Two Hundred). El "Forest Cantons"— GERMAN LANDS Catholic GERMIANIAAN LNIADS SCHA SWITZERLAND ID Other catholic 1530 Cantons 0 Canton of Zurich 0 Further Cantons Districts T El RIB UT E ti"Roz TO H UL DRY CH ZWIN G LI SAVOY MILAN MILES (each block 10 miles) KILOMETERS (each block 10 kilometers) KENNETH A.