Hoeskema's Reformed Dogmatics

[JM]

The other day I found Hoeskema's Reformed Dogmatics used...for $4 bucks.

 

[discipulo]

The other day I found Hoeskema's Reformed Dogmatics used...for $4 bucks.

The complete 2 volumes set ? Did you buy it online? Normally it would cost nearly 100$ (price in uk punds below)

Reformed Dogmatics by Herman Hoeksema

Great bargain!!!

 

[JM]

It's an older single volume edition and from what I can tell, from online previews, it's complete. The newer edition contains the same info but looks like a huge difference in spacing and font size. All the same headings, chapters, etc. seem to be there.

The dust jacket was a little warn so I put a plastic library jacket on it.

 

[Theogenes]

Nice! I have the one volume work as well. I enjoyed it.

 

[JM]

Here's a list of the used books I was sent by Gospel Mission a few weeks ago. Good prices and they ship really cheap.

jm

Gospel Mission Christian Books

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CONFESSION OF FAITH - $4.00

THE REFORMERS AND THE THEOLOGY OF THE REFORMATION - $5.00

THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GRACE BY CUSTANCE -$5.00

AN EXPOSITION OF HEBREWS BY PINK - $6.00

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THE REFORMED DOCTRINE OF PREDESTINATION BY BOETTNER-$4.00

PRINCIPLES OF BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION BY BERKHOF-$4.00

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INTERODUCTION PURITAN THEOLOGY A READER BY HINDSON-$4.00

Christ OUR MEDIATOR BY GOODWIN-$5.00

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COLLECTED WRITINGS OF JOHN MURRY VOLUME 4-$6.00

WORKS OF RICHARD SIBBES, EXPOSITIONS OF ST. Paul-$5.00

THE SAINTS' EVERLASTING REST BY BAXTER EDITED BY WILKINSON-$4.00

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THE TRAINING OF THE TWELVE BY BRUCE-$5.00

THE THOUGHT OF THE EVANGELICAL LEADERS BY PRATT-$5.00

THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY CHARLES BRIDGES-$5.00

THE AXMINSTER ECCLESIASTICA BY HOWARD-$3.00

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THOUGHTS ON DIVINE PROVIDENCE BY PRESLAR-$4.00

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GALATIANS BY EADIE-$4.00

MANUAL OF THEOLOGY AND CHURCH ORDER BY DAGG-$5.00

THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BY GOODWIN-$5.00

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SERMONS BY COVELL-$2.00

INDEX OF BIBLE CITATIONS BY CINDY LEE MYERS-$4.00

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GRACE FOR TODAY BY FORTNER-$2.00

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BIBLE PEOPLE BY Paul-$2.00

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THE HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH TWO VOL SET BY JONES-10.00

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COMMENTARY ON JUDE - $3.00

THOMAS MANTON THREE VOL SET- $15.00

A CITY NOT FORSAKEN BY RICHARD STONELAKE SECOND EDITITION-$3.00

LIFE, LETTERS AND SERMONS OF JESSE DELVES - $5.00

THE SUFFERING SAVIOUR BY KRUMMACHER-$5.00

 

[BertMulder]

It's an older single volume edition and from what I can tell, from online previews, it's complete. The newer edition contains the same info but looks like a huge difference in spacing and font size. All the same headings, chapters, etc. seem to be there.

The dust jacket was a little warn so I put a plastic library jacket on it.

The difference between the old and new edition, is that in the new edition the foreign language quotes have been translated into english.

Reformed Dogmatics. Herman Hoeksema. Second Edition. Grand Rapids: Reformed Free Publishing Association, Volume I, 2004. xxi + 621 pages. $55.00 (Cloth). [Reviewed by Russell J. Dykstra.]

In Reformed circles, Herman Hoeksema is well known as a clear, exegetical, Reformed theologian. His Reformed Dogmatics is the most concise expression of his theology. The original work was published in 1966, a year after Hoeksema died. The original preface, written by the author’s son Homer C. Hoeksema, points out that the Dogmatics is the fruit of more than thirty years of teaching and writing in the area of dogmatics.
Reprinted several times, the first edition has been out of print for some time. This newest printing is a second edition, having gone through no little revision. The publishers divided the lengthy work into two volumes, of which the second is due to come out early in 2005.
The publishers explain some of the changes made in this second edition.

In this second edition, a concerted effort has been expended to improve the readability without changing the meaning and substance of Hoeksema’s work…. Editorial changes and improvements have been made only to the form of the book, leaving its essence and unique perspective identical with that of the first edition.
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Specific changes include: the addition of many Scripture references; movement of all Scripture references from footnotes into the body of the text; more complete footnoting of works cited; and English translations of all the words and paragraphs in foreign languages (not only Greek and Hebrew terms, but the lengthy quotations from Dutch, German, and Latin writings).
Not everyone will agree that it was necessary to make Reformed Dogmatics more readable. Nonetheless, the majority of readers will find some of the changes most welcome, especially the excellent translations of the quotations of the Dutch, Greek, and Latin, to say nothing of the Hebrew and Greek terms.
Herman Hoeksema’s Reformed Dogmatics is a solid work of theology. This theologian’s strengths are evident especially in three areas. First, Herman Hoeksema is exegetical in his development of the doctrine. In this work, Hoeksema is at pains to demonstrate that the doctrine is squarely based on exegesis of Scripture. Secondly, Hoeksema is faithful to the Reformed confessions. Consciously and deliberately he takes his stance within the bounds of the Reformed confessions with which he agrees, and seeks to lift these Reformed doctrines to a higher state of development and clarity. Thirdly, Herman Hoeksema is nothing if not clear. He has a gift for making plain for the reader the difficult doctrines. These three qualities make Reformed Dogmatics a tremendously valuable work, for theologians as well as for all Reformed believers.
The republication of Hoeksema’s Reformed Dogmatics is long overdue. It is good that this significant work is once again readily available.

http://www.prca.org/prtj/apr2005.htm#Reformed Dogmatics.

 

[JM]

Thanks Bert.

 

[torstar]

Please forgive my lack of knowledge, but is there both a Hoekema and a Hoeksema in Reformed Theology?

And what is the main diff between the two?

 

[BertMulder]

Please forgive my lack of knowledge, but is there both a Hoekema and a Hoeksema in Reformed Theology?

And what is the main diff between the two?

There is, and they are on opposite sides of the wellmeant offer issue, as this article will illustrate:

The Three Points in Most Parts Reformed

The defense of the well-meant offer of salvation was taken up in the next generation by Anthony Hoekema, professor of systematic theology at Calvin Seminary from 1958 to 1978. His study of soteriology, Saved by Grace, was published a year after his death in 1988. Hoekema's defense of the well-meant offer is largely dependant on the arguments of Berkhof and AC. De Jong. In his chapter on "The Gospel Call," Hoekema identifies three parts of the external call: (1) a presentation of the facts of the gospel and of the way of salvation; (2) an invitation to come to Christ in repentance and faith; and (3) a promise of forgiveness and salvation, conditional upon repentance and faith.44 Hoekema then defends the well-meant offer over against the position of the Protestant Reformed Churches. He declares that the Christian Reformed Church, "in contrast to Hoeksema, and in agreement with the majority of Reformed theologians, affirms that God does seriously desire the salvation of all to whom the gospel comes."45 The preaching of the gospel is "a well-meant offer of salvation, not just on the part of the preacher, but on God's part as well, to all who hear it, and... God seriously and earnestly desires the salvation of all to whom the gospel call comes."46

 

[MW]

God seriously and earnestly desires the salvation of all to whom the gospel call comes."

We went through Hoekema's work in a study, and I still remember the question being posed, "Does this mean that God seriously and earnestly desires the damnation of all men to whom the gospel comes because the gospel includes the threat of eternal damnation?" One wonders why the conditionality of the offer is not better understood.