George Eldon Ladd (1911-1982) was an evangelicalNew Testament scholar and Professor of New Testament exegesis and theology at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. Ladd's magisterial work, A Theology of the New Testament, has served thousands of seminary students since its publication in 1974.
Ladd converted to Christianity in 1929 after hearing a young graduate of Gordon College preach in his Methodist church. In 1933 he was ordained in the Northern Baptist Convention (now American Baptist) and pastored three congregations.[1] While pastoring at the last congregation, Ladd taught at both Gordon College and the Divinity school.[2]
He later received a Bachelor of Theology from Gordon College (1933) and attended Gordon Divinity School where he received a Bachelor of Divinity (1942). Ladd then spent two years at Boston University before enrolling at Harvard where he was supervised by Henry J. Cadbury and received his PhD in Biblical and Patristic Greek in 1949.[3] He joined the faculty of Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA in 1950 where he remained for the final thirty years of his academic career. Ladd had a stroke in 1980, and died in 1982. Ladd "was arguably the most important New Testament scholar of the post-war evangelical resurgence in North America."[4]
Theology
Ladd was one of the more notable modern proponents of Historic Premillennialism. He argued for this position in The Meaning of the Millennium: Four Views, R. G. Clouse, editor (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1977).
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Selected publications
The Gospel of the Kingdom. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1959. ISBN 0802812805
A Commentary on the Revelation of John. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1972. ISBN 0802816843
The Last Things (An Eschatology For Laymen). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1978.
A Theology of the New Testament. 2d ed. Edited by Donald A. Hagner. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993. ISBN 0802806805 (first published in 19740
The Presence of the Future. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996. ISBN 0802815316; previously Jesus and the Kingdom. Harper & Row, 1964.
For more, see Google Books (includes previews of Ladd's works)
References
J. A. D'Elia, "Ladd, George Eldon" in Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals, ed. by Timothy Larsen (InterVarsity Press, 2003)
Notes
↑ First Free Baptist in Gliford, New Hampshire (1934-1936), the First Baptist Church of Montpelier, Vermont (1936-1942), and Blaney Memorial Baptist Church in Dorcester, Mass. (1942-1945).
↑ He was professor of Greek (1942-45) and head of the department of New Testament (1946-50).
↑ He also did postdoctoral study at Heidelberg and Basel Universities.
↑ J. A. D'Elia, "Ladd, George Eldon" in Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals, ed. by Timothy Larsen (InterVarsity Press, 2003), p. 356.
George Eldon Ladd presents a practical and devotional scriptural study of the many aspects of the kingdom, based on the parables, the Sermon on the Mount, and ...
In this widely praised exposition of Revelation, George Eldon Ladd treats the Apocalypse as a true prophecy--one that reflects the situation of the church when ...
Throughout the book he develops his thesis that the kingdom of God involves two great movements--fulfillment within history and consummation at the end of ...
George Eldon Ladd holds the latter view and asserts that: "our final word . . . is to be found in the New Testament reinterpretation of the Old Testament ...
Through its many printings, this book by George Eldon Ladd has proved to be a helpful guide for Christians who want to discern clearly the basic biblical ...
Robert G. Clouse brings together four scholars to debate various views on the millennium: George Eldon Ladd, Herman A. Hoyt, Loraine Boettner and Anthony A. ...
Introduction THE PROTESTANT CHURCHES IN AMERICA ARE STILL SUFFERING from the bitter fundamentalist-modernist controversy which raged in the early twenties ...
2.1.2.1 Richard Longenecker and George Eldon Ladd For Richard N. ... 262 George Eldon Ladd, "Paul and the Law," Soli Deo Gloria (FS William Childs Robinson, ...
A Select Bibliography of George Eldon Ladd 1952 Crucial Questions About the Kingdom of God (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans). "The Kingdom of God in the Jewish ...
Ladd was ordained in 1933 and pastored in New England from 1936 to 1945. He served as an instructor at Gordon College of Theology and Missions (now Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary), Wenham, Massachusetts from 1942?45. He was an associate professor of New Testament and Greek from 1946?50, and head of the department of New Testament from 1946?49. In 1950?52 he was an associate professor at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, Calif, becoming professor of biblical theology in 1952.
Ladd's best-known work, A Theology of the New Testament, has been used by thousands of seminary students since its publication in 1974. This work was enhanced and updated by Donald A. Hagner in 1993.
Ladd was a notable, modern proponent of Historic Premillennialism, and often criticized dispensationalist views. His writings regarding the Kingdom of God have become a cornerstone of Kingdom theology. His perspective is expressed in The Meaning of the Millennium: Four Views, R. G. Clouse, editor (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1977) and the shorter and more accessible The Gospel of the Kingdom (Paternoster, 1959).
George Eldon Ladd (1911-1982) was an evangelicalNew Testament scholar and Professor of New Testament exegesis and theology at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. Ladd's magisterial work, A Theology of the New Testament, has served thousands of seminary students since its publication in 1974.
Ladd converted to Christianity in 1929 after hearing a young graduate of Gordon College preach in his Methodist church. In 1933 he was ordained in the Northern Baptist Convention (now American Baptist) and pastored three congregations.[1] While pastoring at the last congregation, Ladd taught at both Gordon College and the Divinity school.[2]
He later received a Bachelor of Theology from Gordon College (1933) and attended Gordon Divinity School where he received a Bachelor of Divinity (1942). Ladd then spent two years at Boston University before enrolling at Harvard where he was supervised by Henry J. Cadbury and received his PhD in Biblical and Patristic Greek in 1949.[3] He joined the faculty of Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA in 1950 where he remained for the final thirty years of his academic career. Ladd had a stroke in 1980, and died in 1982. Ladd "was arguably the most important New Testament scholar of the post-war evangelical resurgence in North America."[4]
Theology
Ladd was one of the more notable modern proponents of Historic Premillennialism. He argued for this position in The Meaning of the Millennium: Four Views, R. G. Clouse, editor (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1977).
This is a section stub. Please edit it to add information.
Selected publications
The Gospel of the Kingdom. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1959. ISBN 0802812805
A Commentary on the Revelation of John. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1972. ISBN 0802816843
The Last Things (An Eschatology For Laymen). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1978.
A Theology of the New Testament. 2d ed. Edited by Donald A. Hagner. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993. ISBN 0802806805 (first published in 19740
The Presence of the Future. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996. ISBN 0802815316; previously Jesus and the Kingdom. Harper & Row, 1964.
For more, see Google Books (includes previews of Ladd's works)
References
J. A. D'Elia, "Ladd, George Eldon" in Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals, ed. by Timothy Larsen (InterVarsity Press, 2003)
Notes
↑ First Free Baptist in Gliford, New Hampshire (1934-1936), the First Baptist Church of Montpelier, Vermont (1936-1942), and Blaney Memorial Baptist Church in Dorcester, Mass. (1942-1945).
↑ He was professor of Greek (1942-45) and head of the department of New Testament (1946-50).
↑ He also did postdoctoral study at Heidelberg and Basel Universities.
↑ J. A. D'Elia, "Ladd, George Eldon" in Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals, ed. by Timothy Larsen (InterVarsity Press, 2003), p. 356.
George Eldon Ladd presents a practical and devotional scriptural study of the many aspects of the kingdom, based on the parables, the Sermon on the Mount, and ...
In this widely praised exposition of Revelation, George Eldon Ladd treats the Apocalypse as a true prophecy--one that reflects the situation of the church when ...
Throughout the book he develops his thesis that the kingdom of God involves two great movements--fulfillment within history and consummation at the end of ...
George Eldon Ladd holds the latter view and asserts that: "our final word . . . is to be found in the New Testament reinterpretation of the Old Testament ...
Through its many printings, this book by George Eldon Ladd has proved to be a helpful guide for Christians who want to discern clearly the basic biblical ...
Robert G. Clouse brings together four scholars to debate various views on the millennium: George Eldon Ladd, Herman A. Hoyt, Loraine Boettner and Anthony A. ...
Introduction THE PROTESTANT CHURCHES IN AMERICA ARE STILL SUFFERING from the bitter fundamentalist-modernist controversy which raged in the early twenties ...
2.1.2.1 Richard Longenecker and George Eldon Ladd For Richard N. ... 262 George Eldon Ladd, "Paul and the Law," Soli Deo Gloria (FS William Childs Robinson, ...
A Select Bibliography of George Eldon Ladd 1952 Crucial Questions About the Kingdom of God (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans). "The Kingdom of God in the Jewish ...
Ladd was ordained in 1933 and pastored in New England from 1936 to 1945. He served as an instructor at Gordon College of Theology and Missions (now Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary), Wenham, Massachusetts from 1942?45. He was an associate professor of New Testament and Greek from 1946?50, and head of the department of New Testament from 1946?49. In 1950?52 he was an associate professor at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, Calif, becoming professor of biblical theology in 1952.
Ladd's best-known work, A Theology of the New Testament, has been used by thousands of seminary students since its publication in 1974. This work was enhanced and updated by Donald A. Hagner in 1993.
Ladd was a notable, modern proponent of Historic Premillennialism, and often criticized dispensationalist views. His writings regarding the Kingdom of God have become a cornerstone of Kingdom theology. His perspective is expressed in The Meaning of the Millennium: Four Views, R. G. Clouse, editor (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1977) and the shorter and more accessible The Gospel of the Kingdom (Paternoster, 1959).