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Meredith G. Kline (December 15, 1922 - April 14, 2007) was an American theologian
Theology

Theology is the study of the existence or attributes of a deity or gods, or more generally the study of religion or spirituality. It is sometimes contrasted with religious studies: theology is understood as the study of religion from an internal perspective , and religious studies as the study of religion from an external perspective....
 and Old Testament
Old Testament

In Western Christianity, the Old Testament refers to the books that form the first of the two-part Christianity Bible Biblical canon. These works correspond to the Hebrew Bible , with some variations and additions....
 scholar.

e received his A.B.
AB

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 from Gordon College
Gordon College

Gordon College may refer to:* Gordon College , a public college in Barnesville, Georgia* Gordon College , a Christian college in Wenham, Massachusetts...
, Th.B. and Th.M. from Westminster Theological Seminary
Westminster Theological Seminary

Westminster Theological Seminary is a Presbyterian and Reformed churches Christianity graduate educational institution with campuses located in Glenside, Pennsylvania , and Dallas, Texas, Texas, and programs of study in New York City, and London....
 in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
, and Ph.D.
Ph.D.

Ph.D. or PHD may stand for:* Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group* Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip...
 in Assyriology
Assyriology

Assyriology is the archaeological, historical, and linguistic study of ancient Mesopotamia and the related cultures that used cuneiform writing....
 and Egyptology
Egyptology

Egyptology is a major field of archaeology, the study of ancient Egyptian History of Egypt, Egyptian language, Ancient Egyptian literature, Ancient Egyptian religion, and Art of ancient Egypt from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its native religious practices in the AD 4th century....
 from Dropsie College. He enjoyed a long and fruitful professorial career spanning five decades and two coasts, teaching Old Testament
Old Testament

In Western Christianity, the Old Testament refers to the books that form the first of the two-part Christianity Bible Biblical canon. These works correspond to the Hebrew Bible , with some variations and additions....
 at Westminster Theological Seminary
Westminster Theological Seminary

Westminster Theological Seminary is a Presbyterian and Reformed churches Christianity graduate educational institution with campuses located in Glenside, Pennsylvania , and Dallas, Texas, Texas, and programs of study in New York City, and London....
 (1948-1977), Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary is an interdenominational Christian theological seminary in the United States with Baptist origins. Besides its main campus in South Hamilton, Massachusetts, it also has an urban campus in downtown Boston known as the Center for Urban Ministerial Education , a campus in Charlotte, North Carolina, and an e...
 (1965-1993), the Claremont School of Theology
Claremont School of Theology

The Claremont School of Theology is a graduate school located in Claremont, California, offering Master of Art, Masters of Divinity, Doctorate of Ministry and Ph.D....
 (1974-1975), Reformed Theological Seminary
Reformed Theological Seminary

Reformed Theological Seminary is a non-denominational, evangelicalism Protestantism seminary dedicated to training current and future leaders to be pastors, missionary, education, and Christianity psychotherapy....
 (1979-1983), and Westminster Seminary California
Westminster Seminary California

Westminster Seminary California is a Reformed Christianity graduate educational institution located 25 miles north of San Diego, California in Escondido....
 (1981-2002).






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Meredith G. Kline (December 15, 1922 - April 14, 2007) was an American theologian
Theology

Theology is the study of the existence or attributes of a deity or gods, or more generally the study of religion or spirituality. It is sometimes contrasted with religious studies: theology is understood as the study of religion from an internal perspective , and religious studies as the study of religion from an external perspective....
 and Old Testament
Old Testament

In Western Christianity, the Old Testament refers to the books that form the first of the two-part Christianity Bible Biblical canon. These works correspond to the Hebrew Bible , with some variations and additions....
 scholar.

Academic career

Kline received his A.B.
AB

AbAb may mean:* "Ab" = Earthy Elegance fueled by Passion.* Ab is a Dutch language name.*NZR Ab class, a locomotive class operated by the New Zealand Railways Department...
 from Gordon College
Gordon College

Gordon College may refer to:* Gordon College , a public college in Barnesville, Georgia* Gordon College , a Christian college in Wenham, Massachusetts...
, Th.B. and Th.M. from Westminster Theological Seminary
Westminster Theological Seminary

Westminster Theological Seminary is a Presbyterian and Reformed churches Christianity graduate educational institution with campuses located in Glenside, Pennsylvania , and Dallas, Texas, Texas, and programs of study in New York City, and London....
 in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
, and Ph.D.
Ph.D.

Ph.D. or PHD may stand for:* Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group* Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip...
 in Assyriology
Assyriology

Assyriology is the archaeological, historical, and linguistic study of ancient Mesopotamia and the related cultures that used cuneiform writing....
 and Egyptology
Egyptology

Egyptology is a major field of archaeology, the study of ancient Egyptian History of Egypt, Egyptian language, Ancient Egyptian literature, Ancient Egyptian religion, and Art of ancient Egypt from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its native religious practices in the AD 4th century....
 from Dropsie College. He enjoyed a long and fruitful professorial career spanning five decades and two coasts, teaching Old Testament
Old Testament

In Western Christianity, the Old Testament refers to the books that form the first of the two-part Christianity Bible Biblical canon. These works correspond to the Hebrew Bible , with some variations and additions....
 at Westminster Theological Seminary
Westminster Theological Seminary

Westminster Theological Seminary is a Presbyterian and Reformed churches Christianity graduate educational institution with campuses located in Glenside, Pennsylvania , and Dallas, Texas, Texas, and programs of study in New York City, and London....
 (1948-1977), Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary is an interdenominational Christian theological seminary in the United States with Baptist origins. Besides its main campus in South Hamilton, Massachusetts, it also has an urban campus in downtown Boston known as the Center for Urban Ministerial Education , a campus in Charlotte, North Carolina, and an e...
 (1965-1993), the Claremont School of Theology
Claremont School of Theology

The Claremont School of Theology is a graduate school located in Claremont, California, offering Master of Art, Masters of Divinity, Doctorate of Ministry and Ph.D....
 (1974-1975), Reformed Theological Seminary
Reformed Theological Seminary

Reformed Theological Seminary is a non-denominational, evangelicalism Protestantism seminary dedicated to training current and future leaders to be pastors, missionary, education, and Christianity psychotherapy....
 (1979-1983), and Westminster Seminary California
Westminster Seminary California

Westminster Seminary California is a Reformed Christianity graduate educational institution located 25 miles north of San Diego, California in Escondido....
 (1981-2002). Kline was a professor emeritus at Westminster Seminary California and Gordon-Conwell until his death. He was an ordained minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church
Orthodox Presbyterian Church

The Orthodox Presbyterian Church is a small conservative Christianity Presbyterianism denomination located primarily in the United States. It was founded by conservative members of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America who strongly objected to the pervasive Modernist theology during the 1930s ....
.

Work

Building on the legacy of Geerhardus Vos
Geerhardus Vos

Geerhardus Johannes Vos was an United States Calvinist theologian and one of the most distinguished representatives of the Princeton theologians....
, Kline was an influential voice for Covenant Theology
Covenant Theology

Covenant theology is a conceptual overview and biblical hermeneutics framework for understanding the overall flow of the Bible. It uses the theological concept of covenant as an organizing principle for Christian theology....
 in the Reformed
Reformed churches

The Reformed churches are a group of Christian Protestant Christian denomination formally characterized by a similar Calvinism system of doctrine, historically related to the churches that first arose especially in the Swiss Reformation led by Huldrych Zwingli and soon afterward appeared in nations throughout Western and Central Europe....
 tradition, providing both new insights into Scripture and critical engagement with contemporary biblical scholarship. He is perhaps best known for his contributions on the subject of Suzerain
Suzerainty

Suzerainty is a situation in which a region or nation is a tributary state to a more powerful entity which allows the tributary some limited domestic Wiktionary:autonomy to control its foreign affairs....
–Vassal
Vassal

A vassal in the terminology that both preceded and accompanied the feudal of medieval Europe, is one who enters into mutual obligations with a monarch, usually of military support and mutual protection, in exchange for certain guarantees, which came to include the terrain held as a fiefdom....
 treaties
Treaty

A Treaty is an agreement under international law entered into by actors in international law, namely states and international organizations. A Treaty may also be known as: agreement, protocol, covenant, convention, exchange of letters, etc....
, specifically on the relationship of treaties from the 2nd millennium BC to covenants found in the Bible. He is also well known for propounding the framework interpretation of the creation account
Creation according to Genesis

Creation according to Genesis is the creation myth found in the Hebrew Bible, . It describes the making of the Firmament and the Earth and of the first humans by God in Abrahamic religions ....
 found in the first chapter of Genesis.

Theologian John Frame
John Frame

John M. Frame is an United States philosopher and Calvinist theology especially noted for his work in epistemology and presuppositional apologetics, systematic theology, and ethics....
 has called Kline "the most impressive biblical theologian
Biblical Theology

Biblical theology is a discipline within Christian theology which studies the Bible from the perspective of understanding the progressive history of God revealing God's self to humanity following the The Fall of Man and throughout the Old Testament and New Testament....
 of my lifetime," adding that Kline's work "is orthodox
Orthodoxy

The word orthodox, from Greek language orthodoxos "having the right opinion," from orthos + Doxa , is typically used to mean adhering to the accepted or traditional and established faith, especially in religion....
, yet often original, and it always provides [a] rich analysis of Scripture
Bible

The Bible is the central religious text of Judaism and Christianity. The exact Books of the Bible is dependent on the religious traditions of specific denominations....
."

In 2000, a festschrift
Festschrift

In academia, a wikt:festschrift is a book honoring a respected academic and presented during his or her lifetime. The term, borrowed from German language, could be translated as celebration publication or celebratory writing....
 was published in Kline's honor: Creator Redeemer Consummator: A Festschrift for Meredith G. Kline, ed. H. Griffith and J. R. Muether (Greenville, SC: Reformed Academic Press).

Publications

Some of Kline's many publications include:
  • God, Heaven, and Har Magedon: A Covenantal Tale of Cosmos and Telos
    God, Heaven, and Har Magedon

    God, Heaven and Har Magedon: A Covenantal Tale of Cosmos and Telos is Reformed theologian Meredith G. Kline's major work in many ways summing up his contributions to biblical and covenant theology, written for a more general audience....
     (2006) ISBN 1-59752-478-6
  • Glory in Our Midst: A Biblical-Theological Reading of Zechariah's Night Visions (2001) ISBN 1-57910-599-8
  • (2000) ISBN 1-59752-564-2
  • The Genesis Debate: Three Views on the Days of Creation (contributor, 2000) ISBN 0-9702245-0-8
  • Images of the Spirit (1999) ISBN 1-57910-205-0
  • The Structure of Biblical Authority (1997) ISBN 1-57910-069-4
  • Perspectives on Science & Christian Faith 48 (1996) pp. 2-15
  • New Horizons (Feb. 1994)
  • (1968)
  • Treaty of the Great King: The Covenant Structure of Deuteronomy: Studies and Commentary (1963)
  • Westminster Theological Journal
    Westminster Theological Journal

    Westminster Theological Journal is the List of theological journals published by Westminster Theological Seminary....
     20 (1958) pp. 146-57.
  • The Habiru: Kin or Foe of Israel (Doctoral Thesis, 1958)


External links

  • - a website with a comprehensive collection of Kline's writings
  • - a website with publications by and about Kline from his former student and collaborator Lee Irons
  • by Kline
  • by Jeong Koo Jeon, in Kerux: The Journal of Northwest Theological Seminary
    Kerux: The Journal of Northwest Theological Seminary

    Kerux: The Journal of Northwest Theological Seminary is the List of theological journals published by Northwest Theological Seminary. This journal prints biblical-theological material in the Reformed/Calvinistic tradition....
    , vol. 16, no. 1