The Biblical Repository And Quarterly Observer - Softcover

Edwards; Stuart

Softcover

ISBN 10: 037160317X ISBN 13: 9780371603178

Publisher: HardPress, 2016

Synopsis

The Biblical Repository And Quarterly Observer by Edwards and Stuart presents a mid-1830s Protestant periodical that weaves together political, religious, scientific, and literary discourse. The chunk surveys the British West Indies during the colonial era, tracing geography, governance, slavery, the sugar economy, abolition debates, and emigration, followed by a two-essay theological sequence: Form of Law by Edwards argues law should be rooted in natural human unity and social order, prioritizing hierarchical orders over radical equality, and viewing law as moral education that binds church, family, and daily life; Designations of Time in the Apocalypse by Stuart scrutinizes Daniel and Revelation time-symbols, criticizing universal day-for-a-year schemes and advocating context-driven exegesis, with attention to historical events and patristic sources. The issue also includes an Exposition of the Lord’s Prayer, detailing its petitions, linguistic and philological analysis, and defending a holistic triune economy of creation, redemption, and sanctification. Critical notices review Bush, Sparks, Hamilton, and Beck, while other sections touch early Christian doctrinal debates, colonial church governance, expository preaching, and the relationship between religion and public policy. The overall aim is to illuminate how belief, institutional life, and scholarship interact in shaping theology, law, and society.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 037160317X
• ISBN 13: 9780371603178
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 524