Digital Logos Edition
The Preface states, “. . . in this monograph the author clearly sets ancient and modern Jewish thought over against Christian thought and demonstrates that there can only be opposition between them when both are advocated from the standpoint of their respective ‘standards’ and presuppositions. . . The Christian who is concerned that his witness to the Jew be scripturally sound and honoring to his Lord will receive help. . . by the reading of Christ and the Jews.”
Do not miss out on the updated release of The Works of Cornelius Van Til.
Dr. Cornelius Van Til, served as a professor of apologetics at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, for 43 years. He retired in 1972, but remained as an emeritus professor until his death in 1987. Van Til, an immigrant from The Netherlands, was one of the most respected apologetic theologians of his time.
Van Til earned degrees from Calvin College, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Princeton University on his way to becoming an Orthodox Presbyterian Minister. He served throughout the ministry and scholarly fields, including teaching as an instructor of apologetics at Princeton Theological Seminary and being heavily involved with the foundation of the Philadelphia-Montgomery Christian Academy.
His most noted writings include The New Modernism, The Defense of the Faith, and Christianity and Barthianism. Much of his work with apologetics focuses on the presuppositions of humans, the difference between believers and non-believers, and the opposition between Christian and non-Christian worldviews.
More information about Van Til as a teacher and Reformed theologian is available in an article Eric Sigward wrote for New Horizons entitled "Van Til Made Me Reformed." Read the article as HTML or PDF (copyright 2004 by New Horizons; used by permission)
“I trust someone without being able to offer sufficient” (source)
“To prove that God exists without knowing anything of his nature is an unintelligible procedure.” (source)
“elements of work and doing never entered into Greek theological meditation” (source)
“‘pure’ monotheism of the Jew is but a cover-up for the worship of man.” (source)
“ Paulinism, insistent on identifying something in this world” (source)