About William Hendriksen
Lived 1900 – 1982 (aged 81). William Hendriksen was an American writer and theologian.
William Hendriksen (18 November 1900 – 12 January 1982) was a Dutch-born American minister, New Testament scholar, and writer of Bible commentaries. He started the New Testament Commentary, completing commentaries on more than half of the New Testament books. This series was published by Baker and completed by Simon Kistemaker after Hendriksen's death. Hendriksen was awarded a posthumous Gold Medallion Book Award for his commentary on Romans. He also translated the Book of Revelation for the New International Version. His granddaughter Dawn Wolthuis has served as President of the Institute for Christian Studies.
In his influential work Israel and Prophecy, written a year after the 1967 war, and still in print, Hendriksen criticized the view, held by dispensationalists and Christian Zionists, that the Bible prophesies the return and restoration of the Jews to the land of Israel. Dispensationalist pastor Barry Horner describes Hendriksen's work as "a classic representation of replacement theology".
Hendriksen has been described as "one of the leading and most respected of New Testament commentators."
New Testament Commentaries
New Testament Commentary: Matthew New Testament Commentary: Mark New Testament Commentary: Luke New Testament Commentary: John New Testament Commentary: Romans New Testament Commentary: Galatians and Ephesians New Testament Commentary: Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon New Testament Commentary: 1 & 2 Thessalonians, 1 & 2 Timothy, and Titus
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Who was William Hendriksen?
American Calvinist theologian (1900-1982)
When was William Hendriksen born?
William Hendriksen was born on 18 November 1900 in Tiel.
When did William Hendriksen die?
William Hendriksen died on 12 January 1982.
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William Hendriksen was a writer and theologian.
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William Hendriksen was American.
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