Papias and Matthew, and Papias and his Elder John - Softcover

Dr. Steven W. Waterhouse

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0991358546 ISBN 13: 9780991358540

Publisher: Westcliff Press, 2014

Synopsis

Papias lived in the next following generation from the Apostles. His surviving comments are essential to background conclusions about the Gospels. Should Papias be understood and trusted that the Apostle Matthew's writing ministry was the basis for the canonical Gospel of Matthew? Who was Papias Elder John and what was his connection to the Gospel of John and the Book of Revelation? Was the author the Apostle John or some secondary obscure John? This book gives attention to these difficult but vital questions. As they overlap with the reliability of the Gospels, a third study on fulfilled Messianic Prophecy is included.

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About the Author

Dr. Steven Waterhouse has served as the Pastor of Westcliff Bible Church in Amarillo, Texas since 1985. He has degrees from Dallas Theological Seminary (D.Min.); Capital Bible Seminary in Lanham, Maryland (Th. M. in Hebrew and Greek); Spring Arbor University in Michigan (B.A., Social Sciences); and Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Dr. Waterhouse has taught Bible doctrine in colleges and church ministries, has been the keynote speaker at National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) conventions, and has lectured at various institutions and conference workshops on counseling. He is the author of more than twenty books, including Not By Bread Alone, An Outlined Guide to Bible Doctrine, a 575 page systematic theology book, and other Christian doctrinal publications. He has also authored numerous counseling books on subjects such as suffering, depression, and raising children. He has also addressed the abortion issue in A Biblical Look at Unborn Children, that speaks to New Testament references to abortion, specifically Abortion in Rome and the Early Church's Response.

Review

This succinct volume introduces Papias and his testimony to the Matthean authorship of the first gospel. In a wonderfully cogent fashion the reader not only encounters Papias but also other evidence of Matthew's hand. Other studies follow that are equally prescient. Thank God for Steven Waterhouse and his insights. --Paige Patterson, President, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Utilizing tools of scholarship and critical thinking, these essays revisit questions that are important for the church in every generation. Steven Waterhouse scrutinizes scholarly orthodoxies and shows that ancient views discarded in modern times may be right after all. Waterhouse helps readers think for themselves by highlighting the primary sources and blowing the whistle on unwarranted contemporary skepticism. he also weighs in knowledgeably on issues concerning which legitimate debate continues. Pastor, seminary students, and other who are intellectually series about the Bible will profit form these wise, thorough, and informed investigations. --Robert W. Yarbrough, Professor of New Testament, Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis Missouri

About this edition

• Publisher: Westcliff Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0991358546
• ISBN 13: 9780991358540
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 100