Robert H. Gundry

Robert Horton Gundry (* October 15, 1932 ) is an American biblical scholar. He made at Los Angeles Baptist College and Seminary both his Bachelor (BA and BD). In 1961 he was at the University of Manchester doctorate ( Ph.D.). Gundry taught several decades New Testament and New Testament Greek at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. He dealt in detail with eschatological questions ( second coming of Christ, the Great Tribulation ).

Gundry was a prominent member of the Evangelical Theological Society ( ETS) and also signed the Chicago Statement on Biblical inerrancy in this context. His commentary on the Gospel of Matthew (1982 ) earned him the accusation to make the inerrancy of the question and to represent biblical criticism positions.

Works

Books on eschatology

1973 Gundry published The Church and the Tribulation: A Biblical Examination of Posttribulationism. In 1977, he was with First the Antichrist: Why Christ Will not Come Before The Antichrist Does follow that the debate about the timing of Christ's return devoted himself to another book.

The Matthew comment

In 1982 his Matthew commentary ( Matthew: A Commentary on His Literary and Theological Art). In this work, Gundry hired editorial critical considerations. He tried to show in this way that Matthew had adapted the story of Jesus, to make its desired readership tasty. A particular problem appeared some Gundrys assertion Matthew did ( Matthew 1 and 2 ) made ​​in the childhood of Jesus unhistorical additions. Gundry had been asked to contribute this volume as Matthew commentary for the Expositor 's Bible Commentary, one of the great evangelical commentary series in the 1970s and 1980s. Gundrys comment, however, was rated by the editor Frank Gaebelein as unacceptable, and Gaebelein refused to publish it. In its place, Donald A. Carson was commissioned by the Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, to post a comment Matthew.

Gundry argued that his work ask the inerrancy of Matthew's Gospel does not deny. Rather, " inerrancy " should be considered in the light of literary intention. Matthew confront us with " history, which is mixed with elements that can not be called historical in the modern sense. " So the book of Matthew should not be measured by standards that must be met modern historical historiography, to call it " inerrant " to be able to. On the other hand, " Luke would like to express a historical intention in a sense closer to the modern history ... " Gundrys view was supported by a significant part of the ETS. The Council of the ETS took care of the matter and Gundry gave his first placet. Nevertheless, a successful campaign was launched against Gundry, led by Norman Geisler. In December 1983, Gundry retired from ETS. Later, it came to an approximation (see below: Church policy setting).

Synoptic question

Gundrys contribution to the synoptic question consisted in proving that Luke must have known the Gospel of Matthew, which the current two -source theory contrary.

Introduction to the New Testament

Gundrys Survey of the New Testament was published in 2012 already in 5th edition. The book is designed as an introduction to the New Testament for theology students and as a guide for self-study.

Church Political Views

In autumn 2001 Gundry attached to the ETS in his lecture " Jesus the Word According to John the Sectarian " given the Verweltlichungstendenzen expressed that " call our circumstances after the Christology of the word of John, after a sectarian ' ( " sectarian " ) turn of evangelicalism, a return - mutatis mutandis -. fundamentalism of the "Fundamentals " and their authors exactly at the beginning of the 20th century "