New Testament Exegesis III: Hebrews, the General Epistles and Revelation

1. Lectures Listen to the lectures in order. Those marked supplementary are optional.

   • Revelation (10 lectures) Vern Poythress (Westminster Theological Seminary) 10 lectures of about 55 minutes, 2003 (OT connections; structure; approaches; the seven churches; theophany; the millennium) Open source Doctrinal Westminster Theological Seminary Their doctrinal role rests on their seminaries' faculty subscription requirements (RTS, WTS, GPTS). The RTS and GPTS pages loaded this session give titles and books but not the teacher's denomination; the WTS faculty page did not render for the fetcher. Clowney, Gaffin and Young are historic OPC ministers;...
   • Covenant Theology in Hebrews (Christ the Center) Jeremy Boothby (pastor, Christ Covenant OPC, Amarillo, Texas) Open source Doctrinal Reformed Forum
   • Typology and Covenant Membership in Hebrews (Christ the Center) Jeremy Boothby (pastor, Christ Covenant OPC, Amarillo, Texas) Open source Doctrinal Reformed Forum
   • The Living Hope Revealed in 1 Peter (Christ the Center) Rev. Dr. Kevin Chiarot (Westminster PCA, Rock Tavern, New York), with Ryan Noha and Camden Bucey Open source Doctrinal Reformed Forum The episode pages name the participants but do not print their churches. Reformed Forum's About page requires its board members to belong to NAPARC or ICRC churches subscribing to the Three Forms or the Westminster Standards, and its board page lists Cassidy (president), Arendale (vice president) and Clawson, so...
   • Justification in James (Christ the Center) Camden Bucey, Glen Clary and Jeff Waddington Open source Doctrinal Reformed Forum The episode pages name the participants but do not print their churches. Reformed Forum's About page requires its board members to belong to NAPARC or ICRC churches subscribing to the Three Forms or the Westminster Standards, and its board page lists Cassidy (president), Arendale (vice president) and Clawson, so...
   • Meredith G. Kline's Biblical-Theological Reading of the Book of Revelation (Christ the Center) Danny Olinger (General Secretary, OPC Committee on Christian Education) Open source Doctrinal Reformed Forum
   • The Last Days (Hebrews 6:5), Assurance of Faith (Hebrews 10:19-25) and Holiness (Hebrews 12:14) Prof. Donald Macleod (Free Church of Scotland) Lecture - Part 3 (Hebrews 6:5). Companion pages loaded: Part 8 'Assurance of Faith' (Hebrews 10:19-25, sermons/3250) and Part 6 'Holiness' (Hebrews 12:14, sermons/3248). Durations not shown; auto-generated transcripts on each page. Open source Doctrinal Free Church Legacy (Free Church of Scotland)
   • The Book of Revelation / Hebrews / The Epistle of James (video series) Revelation 3 lessons; Hebrews (HEB) 2 lessons; James (JAM) 2 lessons Open source Supplementary Third Millennium Ministries
   • Cartas generales y Apocalipsis (video and slides) Seminario Reformado Guadalajara (instructor not named on the page) Open source Supplementary Seminario Reformado Guadalajara Instructors are not named on the course pages (the site belongs to Dr. Larry Trotter, Florida Coast Church / Knox Theological Seminary adjunct); the Hebrew and Greek courses are by Mario Porras and Pablo Armero (MINTS), whose church standing is unconfirmed. The site also hosts PDFs of in-copyright textbooks...

   Total: 1.1 hours

2. Reading Read in the order given. Public-domain and free texts are linked; purchases are optional and never required.

   • A Commentarie upon the Book of the Revelation James Durham (Church of Scotland) Open source Primary text 1680. Public domain
   • An Exposition of the Epistle of the Apostle Paul to the Hebrews, vol. 1 John Brown of Edinburgh Open source Primary text 1862. Public domain Secession (Associate, United Secession, United Presbyterian) divines held the Westminster Standards with the Secession declaration on the civil magistrate (voluntaryism), which differs from WCF 23 (1647) and from the Free Church establishment principle. Kept as primary-text for exegesis; the civil-magistrate...
   • Expository Discourses on the First Epistle of the Apostle Peter John Brown of Edinburgh Open source Primary text 1851. Public domain Secession (Associate, United Secession, United Presbyterian) divines held the Westminster Standards with the Secession declaration on the civil magistrate (voluntaryism), which differs from WCF 23 (1647) and from the Free Church establishment principle. Kept as primary-text for exegesis; the civil-magistrate...
   • Parting Counsels: an Exposition of the First Chapter of the Second Epistle of Peter John Brown of Edinburgh Open source Primary text 1856. Public domain Secession (Associate, United Secession, United Presbyterian) divines held the Westminster Standards with the Secession declaration on the civil magistrate (voluntaryism), which differs from WCF 23 (1647) and from the Free Church establishment principle. Kept as primary-text for exegesis; the civil-magistrate...
   • Commentary on Hebrews John Calvin (Calvin Translation Society edition) Open source Primary text 1840s-1850s. Public domain
   • Commentaries on the Catholic Epistles John Calvin (Calvin Translation Society edition) Open source Primary text 1840s-1850s. Public domain
   • The First Epistle of John Expounded in a Series of Lectures Robert S. Candlish (Free Church of Scotland) Open source Primary text 1877. Public domain
   • Annotations upon the Holy Bible, vol. 2 (1688 edition) Matthew Poole Open source Primary text 1688. Public domain English Presbyterian nonconformists outside the Scottish and Dutch lines, though Westminster-confessing; Henry is broadly used across traditions. Poole kept as primary-text (cross-tradition, read beside Calvin and the Dutch Annotations); Henry kept as supplementary, as in the raw file.
   • The Dutch Annotations upon the Whole Bible (Statenvertaling annotations, English 1657) Theodore Haak (translator and editor); annotations commissioned by the Synod of Dort (1618) Open source Primary text 1657. Public domain
   • Matthew Henry's Commentary, vol. 6 (Acts to Revelation) Matthew Henry Open source Supplementary Public domain English Presbyterian nonconformists outside the Scottish and Dutch lines, though Westminster-confessing; Henry is broadly used across traditions. Poole kept as primary-text (cross-tradition, read beside Calvin and the Dutch Annotations); Henry kept as supplementary, as in the raw file.

3. Assignment Write a research paper of 30 pages on a topic drawn from the lectures and readings of this course. Argue from Scripture, the Westminster Standards (1647 text) and the Three Forms of Unity, cite the primary sources you read, and state the points on which the sources differ.

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Every lecture and reading carries its role. "Under review" means the teacher's subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms of Unity is not yet established; "Read as comparison" means the material teaches the 1788 American text of WCF 20.4, 23 or 31 or of Larger Catechism Q.109, which the school reads beside the 1647 text. Nothing has been removed.