tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729465143554744766.post998631389942734132..comments2023-08-17T06:18:52.958-07:00Comments on Bilbo's Blog: Adam's Federal Headship and Original SinBilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06231440026059820600noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729465143554744766.post-49856455660919587882012-03-20T17:06:51.434-07:002012-03-20T17:06:51.434-07:00Fascinating. Thanks for the info, Jon.Fascinating. Thanks for the info, Jon.Bilbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06231440026059820600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729465143554744766.post-78849201437877052262012-03-20T00:48:38.874-07:002012-03-20T00:48:38.874-07:00One interesting thing is that it wasn't really...One interesting thing is that it wasn't really controversial in 1967. The Tyndale Commentaries were budget-priced mainstream Evangelical general commentaries largely for students. It's really just a footnote to the short paragraph on that particular passage.<br /><br />It shows how stupidly things have become polarised since that it attracted such disapprobium when it was mentioned at BioLogos, and probably as much on YEC sites.Jon Garveyhttp://www.potiphar.jongarvey.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729465143554744766.post-5435286198842638742012-03-19T13:10:37.478-07:002012-03-19T13:10:37.478-07:00Yes, I was surprised when I found out that Kidner ...Yes, I was surprised when I found out that Kidner had first suggested this idea in his book in 1967. I would have expected somebody to bring it up sooner than Collins did in his 2011 book. <br /><br />I'm glad you think it's a strong idea. A Calvinist theologian that I recently communicated with also thought it had merit.Bilbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06231440026059820600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729465143554744766.post-53175200045516259542012-03-19T11:13:21.835-07:002012-03-19T11:13:21.835-07:00I think it's a strong idea, Bilbo, and has sto...I think it's a strong idea, Bilbo, and has stood the test of time as Kidner first suggested it nearly half a century ago (he was actually my neighbour when I was at University).<br /><br />One aspect that mitigates, or at least nuances, the "communal penalty" aspect is that if your representative, appointed to bring you blessings of eternal life and fellowship with God, messes up, you necessarily don't get those blessings... in such a case Adam might not even need to have immediate association with all humanity.<br /><br />In any case, the federal headship idea would directly parallel the communal role of Jesus in Romans 5: both would then be spiritual, rather than physical, progenitors.Jon Garveyhttp://www.potiphar.jongarvey.co.uknoreply@blogger.com