Ronald F. Youngblood - Unlock the Bible: Keys to Exploring the Culture and Times

Unlock the Bible:
Keys to Exploring the Culture and Times

Other Unlock the Bible Titles

Unlock the Bible: Keys to Understanding the Scripture

Unlock the Bible: Keys to Exploring the People and Places

Unlock the Bible

Keys to Exploring
the Culture and Times

General Editor
Ronald F. Youngblood

General Editor of Original Edition
Herbert Lockyer Sr.

Consulting Editors
F. F. Bruce R. K. Harrison

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Contents

Robert L. Alden
Conservative Baptist Seminary, Denver, Colorado

Leslie C. Allen
Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California

Ronald B. Allen
Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, Indiana

Timothy R. Ashley
Acadia Divinity College, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada

David W. Baker
Ashland Theological Seminary, Ashland, Ohio

John J. Bimson
Trinity College, Bristol, England

E. M. Blaiklock
Auckland, New Zealand

Gerald Borchert
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky

Stephen G. Brown
Shasta Bible College, Redding, California

F. F. Bruce
University of Manchester, Manchester, England

John A. Burns
Retired from Criswell Center for Biblical Studies, Dallas, Texas

Newton L. Bush
Lima, Ohio

G. Lloyd Carr
Retired from Gordon College, Wenham, Massachusetts

E. Clark Copeland
Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Leonard J. Coppes
Denver, Colorado

Walter M. Dunnett
Retired from Northwestern College, St. Paul, Minnesota

Kendell H. Easley
Mid-America Baptist College, Memphis, Tennessee

Kermit A. Ecklebarger
Conservative Baptist Seminary, Denver, Colorado

James R. Edwards
Jamestown College, Jamestown, North Dakota

John M. Elliott
Aurora, Illinois

Millard J. Erickson
Bethel Theological Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota

Harvey E. Finley
Retired from Nazarene Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri

Royce G. Gruenler
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, Massachusetts

Timothy Hadley
Lubbock Christian University, Lubbock, Texas

Donald A. Hagner
Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California

R. K. Harrison
Wycliffe College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Harvey Hartman
Liberty Baptist College, Lynchburg, Virginia

Robert Hendren
Donelson, Tennessee

Herschel H. Hobbs
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Harold W. Hoehner
Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, Texas

John J. Hughes
Whitefish, Montana

Robert Hughes
Miami Christian College, Miami, Florida

Harry B. Hunt Jr.
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas

W. Bingham Hunter
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois

David K. Huttar
Nyack College, Nyack, New York

William W. Klein
Conservative Baptist Seminary, Denver, Colorado

Woodrow M. Kroll
Back to the Bible, Lincoln, Nebraska

Alvin S. Lawhead
Nazarene Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri

Gordon Lewis
Conservative Baptist Seminary, Denver, Colorado

Jack P. Lewis
Harding Graduate School of Religion, Memphis, Tennessee

Walter L. Liefeld
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois

G. Herbert Livingston
Retired from Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, Kentucky

Tremper Longman, III
Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Robert S. MacLennan
McAlester College, St. Paul, Minnesota

W. Harold Mare
Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri

Elmer A. Martens
Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary, Fresno, California

Wayne O. McCready
University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Scot McKnight
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois

Janet McNish
Nashville, Tennessee

Robert R. Moore
Asbury College, Wilmore, Kentucky

William Mounce
Azusa Pacific College, Azusa, California

John Nolland
Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Dave OBrien
St. Paul Bible College, Bible College, Minnesota

Vernon S. Olson
St. Bonifacius, Minnesota

Grant R. Osborne
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois

Mildred Ottinger
Nashville, Tennessee

Arthur G. Patzia
Fuller Seminary, Pasadena, California

Gary Pratico
Gordon-Conwell Divinity School, South Hamilton, Massachusetts

Richard A. Purdy
West Norwalk, Connecticut

Robert V. Rakestraw
The Criswell College, Dallas, Texas

John Rasko
Alaska Bible College, Glennallen, Alaska

Richard O. Rigsby
Talbot Theological Seminary, La Mirada, California

Allen P. Ross
Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, Texas

Glenn E. Schaefer
Simpson College, San Francisco, California

Stephen R. Schrader
Liberty Baptist Seminary, Lynchburg, Virginia

Jack B. Scott
Decatur, Georgia

Martin J. Selman
Spurgeons College, London, England

Norman Shepherd
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Gary V. Smith
Bethel Theological Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota

Douglas K. Stuart
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, Massachusetts

Robert L. Thomas
Talbot Theological Seminary, La Mirada, California