Given as a response to the Religionsgeschichtliche Schule and certain other liberal groups, Machen penned “Origin” to combat the unorthodox positions posited by these groups. Starting around the end of the 19th century, scholars began questioning whether Paul had actually received or taught a pure form of Christianity, or if it had become polluted somewhere along the way. Originally given as a lecture series in the James Sprunt lectures in Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, they were later turned into the written form given here.
Machen interacts with many different liberal scholars, primarily Germans, in this title. Scholars such as Heitmüller, Heinrici, Bousset, Bauer and Wrede appear frequently in citations. Machen displays a great deal of familiarity with the positions espoused by his opponents, and engages them on every front with well-reasoned arguments. He answers such arguments as finding the origins of the sacraments in the initiation rites of the mystery religions and Paul's doctrines of justification coming from second temple Judaism.
This title is on a more academic level than Machen's more popular works. He does explain the positions of his opponents and support them with quotations, but he assumes a certain level of familiarity with the debate. Although he uses the occasional Greek word, he does not assume a working knowledge of the language.
This book was created using OCR software, and was subsequently proof-read closely by a human. While we proof our texts carefully before selling them, occasionally errors do creep in. Please help us perfect our titles by submitting errors to corrections@pneuma-press.com.
Roman numerals for chapters and Bible quotations have been updated to modern numbers. Footnotes have been converted to end notes connected by hyperlinks.
Machen interacts with many different liberal scholars, primarily Germans, in this title. Scholars such as Heitmüller, Heinrici, Bousset, Bauer and Wrede appear frequently in citations. Machen displays a great deal of familiarity with the positions espoused by his opponents, and engages them on every front with well-reasoned arguments. He answers such arguments as finding the origins of the sacraments in the initiation rites of the mystery religions and Paul's doctrines of justification coming from second temple Judaism.
This title is on a more academic level than Machen's more popular works. He does explain the positions of his opponents and support them with quotations, but he assumes a certain level of familiarity with the debate. Although he uses the occasional Greek word, he does not assume a working knowledge of the language.
This book was created using OCR software, and was subsequently proof-read closely by a human. While we proof our texts carefully before selling them, occasionally errors do creep in. Please help us perfect our titles by submitting errors to corrections@pneuma-press.com.
Roman numerals for chapters and Bible quotations have been updated to modern numbers. Footnotes have been converted to end notes connected by hyperlinks.
