Andrews University SEMINARY STUDIES Volume 43 Autumn 2005 Number 2 A Andrews University Press ANDREWS UNIVERSITY SEMINARY STUDIES The Journal of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary of Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan 49104-1500, U.S.A. Editors: Jerry Moon and John W. Reeve Book Review Editor: John W. Reeve Assistant Editor: Karen K. Abrahamson, [email protected] Copy Editors: Leona G. Running, Madeline Johnston, Deborah Everhart Book Review Manager: Marilynn Youngblood, [email protected] Circulation Manager: Erhard Gallos, [email protected] Consulting Editors: Robert M. Johnston, Jon Paulien Managing Board• John McVay, Dean of the Seminary, Chair; erry Moon, Secretary; Lyndon G. Furst, Dean of the School of Graduate Studies; Ron Knott, Director, Andrews University Press; John T. Baldwin; John W. Reeve; and Randall W. Younker. 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Subscription Information: ANDREWS UNIVERSITY SEMINARY STUDIES is published in the Spring and the Autumn. The subscription rates for 2006 are as follows: Institutions $40.00 Individuals 22.00 Students/Retirees 16.00 *Air mail rates available upon request Price for Single Copy is $12.00 in U.S.A. Funds. Printing by Patterson Printing, Benton Harbor, Michigan. ANDREWS UNIVERSITY SEMINARY STUDIES Volume 43 Autumn 2005 Number 2 CONTENTS ARTICLES ARCHAEOLOGY HERR, LARRY G., AND DOUGLAS R. CLARK. Madaba Plains Project—Tall Al-cUmayri, 2004 229 MATTINGLY, KEITH, AND THEODORE W. BURGH. Lintel Inscription: Tall Hisban, Field M, Square 5,2001 247 OLD TESTAMENT BOLOTNIKOV, ALEXANDER. The Theme of Apocalyptic War in the Dead Sea Scrolls 261 NEW TESTAMENT MACPHERSON, ANTHONY. The Mark of the Beast as a "Sign Commandment" and "Anti-Sabbath" in the Worship Crisis of Revelation 12-14 267 MOYISE, STEVE. Word Frequencies in the Book of Revelation 285 ECCLESIOLOGY DOSS, GORDEN R. Structural Models for World Mission in the Twenty-first Century: An Adventist Perspective 301 MATACIO, DOUG. Creating Unity in a Multicultural Christian Organization: Is the Seventh-day Adventist Church Effectively Meeting Its Goal of Scriptural Unity? 315 DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS KIM, SUNG 1K. Proclamation in Cross-cultural Context: Missiological Implications of the Book of Daniel 332 NAM, JUHYEOK. Reactions to the Seventh-day Adventist Evangelical Conferences and Questions on Doctrine, 1955-1971 333 225 226 SEMINARY STUDIES 43 (AUTUMN 2005) BOOK REVIEWS Chilton, Bruce. Redeeming Time: The Wisdom of Ancient Jewish and Christian Festal Calendars OUD LAKE) 334 Davis, James Calvin. The Moral Theology of Roger Williams: Christian Conviction and Public Ethics (NICHOLAS CROSS) 335 Fortin, Denis. Adventism in Quebec: The Dynamics of Rural Church Growth, 1830-1910. (GARY LAND) 338 Green, Alberto R. W. The Storm-God in the Ancient Near East (MARTIN G. KLINGBEIL) 341 Gulley, Norman R. Systematic Theology: Prolegomena (JAMES A. BORLAND) 345 Gulley, Norman R. Systematic Theology: Prolegomena (RUSSELL STAPLES) 349 Hoppe, Leslie J. There Shall Be No Poor AmongYou (PEDRITO U. MAYNARD-REID) 352 Kannengiesser, Charles, et al. Handbook of Patristic Exegesis: The Bible in Ancient Christianity (PETER MARTENS) 353 Knight, George R. Joseph Bates: The Real Founder of Seventh-day Adventism (FREDERICK G. HoYT) 355 Knoppers, Gary N. 1 Chronicles 1-9: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary, AB 12; 1 Chronicles 10-29: A New Translation and Commentary, AB 12A ARSEE LI) 358 Little, J. I. Borderland Religion: The Emergence of an English-Canadian Identity, 1792-1852 (DENIS FORTIN) 360 McLay, R. Timothy. The Use of the Septuagint in New Testament Research (TERESA L. REEVE) 363 Morgan, Douglas. Adventism and the American Republic: The Public Involvement of a Major Apocalyptic Movement (GARY LAND) 365 Mulder, Martin Jan, and Harry Sysling, eds. Mikra: Text, Translation, Reading and Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity (T ARSEE Li) 366 Pelikan, Jaroslay. Interpreting the Bible and the Constitution (NICHOLAS MILLER) 367 TABLE OF CONTENTS 227 Resseguie, James L. Spiritual Landscape: Images of the Spiritual Life in the Gospel of Luke (TERESA L. REEVE) 369 Riddell, Peter G., and Peter Cotterell. Islam in Context: Past, Present and Future (BRUCE L. BAUER) 370 Schenk, K. Understanding the Book of Hebrews: The Story Behind the Sermon (ERHARD GALLOS) 371 Stackhouse, John G., Jr., ed. Evangelical Ecclesiology: Reality or Illusion? (MARTIN HANNA) 373 Vance, Donald R. A Hebrew Reader for Ruth (CONSTANCE CLARK GANE) 377 Water, Mark. The Encyclopedia of Prayer and Praise (LILIANNE DOUKHAN) 378 Witherington, Ben, III. The New Testament Story (WILSON PAROSCHI) 380 Yarchin, William. History of Biblical Interpretation: A Reader (JOHN W. REEVE) 381 * * * * * * * * * The articles in this journal are indexed, abstracted, or listed in: Elenchus of Bib/ica; Internationale Zeitschriftenschau fur Bibelwirsenschaft and Grenzgebiete; New Testament Abstracts; Index theologicus Zeitschn:fteninhaltsdienst Theologie; Old Testament Abstracts; Ofientalistische Literaturzeitung; Religion Index One, Periodicak Religious and Theological Abstracts; Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index; Theologische Zeitschrift; Zeitschnftfiir die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft. Copyright © 2005 by Andrews University Press ISSN 0003-2980 Andrews University Seminary Studies, Vol. 43, No. 2, 229-246. Copyright © 2005 Andrews University Press. MADABA PLAINS PROJECT—TALL AL-cUMAYRI, 2004 LARRY G. HERR DOUGLAS R. CLARK Canadian University College American Schools of Oriental Research Lacombe, Alberta, Canada Boston, Massachusetts Introduction A tenth season of excavation by the Madaba Plains Project--cUmayri occurred between June 23 and August 4, 2004 at Tall al-cUmayri, located about 10 km south of Amman's Seventh Circle on the Queen Alia Airport Highway at the turnoff for Amman National Park (Map 1). The project was sponsored by La Sierra University, in consortium with Andrews University School of Architecture, Canadian University College, Mount Royal College, Pacific Union College, and Walla Walla College.' This season, a team of twenty-six Jordanians and forty-four foreigners, primarily from the United States, took part in the interdisciplinary project.' 'Previous reports in AUSS indude Lawrence T. Geraty, "The Andrews University Madaba Plains Project: A Preliminary Report on the First Season at Tell el-Tmeiri," AUSS 23 (1985): 85-110; Lawrence T. Geraty, Larry G. Herr, and Oystein S. LaBianca, "The Joint Madaba Plains Project A Preliminary Report on the Second Season at Tell el- Tmeiri and Vicinity (June 18 to August 6, 1987),"AUSS 26 (1988): 217-252; Randall W. Younker, Lawrence T. Geraty, Larry G. Herr, and Oystein S. LaBianca, "The Joint Madaba Plains Project: A Preliminary Report of the 1989 Season, Including the Regional Survey and Excavations at El-Dreijat, Tell Jawa, and Tell el-Tmeiri (June 19 to August 8,1989)," AUSS 28 (1990): 5-52; Randall W. Younker, Lawrence T. Geraty, Larry G. Herr, and Oystein S. LaBianca, "The Joint Madaba Plains Project: A Preliminary Report of the 1992 Season, Including the Regional Survey and Excavations at Tell Jalul and Tell El-Tmeiri (June 16 to July 31, 1992),"AUSS 31 (1993): 205-238; Randall W. Younker, Lawrence T. Geraty, Larry G. Herr, Oystein S. LaBianca, and Douglas R. Clark, "Preliminary Report of the 1994 Season of the Madaba Plains Project Regional Survey, Tall al-Tmayri and Tall Jalul Excavations (June 15 to July 30, 1994),"AUSS 34 (1996): 65-92; Randall W. Younker, Lawrence T. Geraty, Larry G. Herr, Oystein S. LaBianca, and Douglas R. Clark, "Preliminary Report of the 1996 Season of the Madaba Plains Project Regional Survey, Tall al-Tmayri and Tall Jalul Excavations," AUSS 35 (1997): 227-240; Larry G. Herr, Douglas R. Clark, Lawrence T. Geraty, and Oystein S. LaBianca, "Madaba Plains Project Tall al-Tmayri, 1998," AUSS 38 (2000): 29-44; Larry G. Herr, Douglas R. Clark, and Warren C. Trenchard, "Madaba Plains Project: Tall al-Tmayri, 2000," AUSS 40 (2002): 105-123; Larry G. Herr and Douglas R. Clark, "Madaba Plains Project—Tall al-Tmayri, 2002," AUSS 42 (2004): 113-128. 'The authors of this report are especially indebted to Dr. Fawwaz el-Khraysheh, Director General of the Department of Antiquities; Aktham Oweidi and Samia Khouri, Department of Antiquities representatives; and other members of the Department of Antiquities, who facilitated our project at several junctures. The American Center of Oriental Research in Amman, directed by Pierre Bikai and assisted by Patricia Bikai, provided invaluable assistance. The staff was housed in Muqabilayn at the Amman 229 230 SEMINARY STUDIES