86. “An Exegesis of 1 Corinthians 14”, 1973
Item — Box: 4, Folder: 5, Call No.: 024091
Content Description
From the Collection:
This is a very extensive collection of well over 250 scholarly papers, the vast majority of them written by Cottrell. There are papers covering the topics of hermeneutics, exegesis, church polity, governance, and history, Daniel, Revelation, Ellen White, science, plus many others. Cottrell surely had a wide range of interests and seemingly an input on almost every subject which became current in the second half of the 20th century. Nearly all of the papers are unpublished meaning they were designed for limited circulation. Many of the papers were prepared for distribution to a church sponsored study group or committee such as the Bible Research Fellowship or the Biblical Research Institute.
Perhaps one of Cottrell’s greatest contributions to the Adventist Church was his work on the authoritative Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary series. As mentioned above he served as the associate editor of the series along with editor Francis D. Nichol. Besides editing many thousands of pages of other peoples work he wrote about 2,000 pages. The Commentary articles are not signed. Cottrell provides a list of the various authors and what books of the Bible they contributed to on the project.
A significant work of Cottrell’s which is not well known is his Eschatology of Daniel. It is at number 222 in the inventory. It was never formally published. Cottrell says the manuscript awaits a climate of openness and objectivity in the church, which is essential to a fair examination of the facts.”
Perhaps one of Cottrell’s greatest contributions to the Adventist Church was his work on the authoritative Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary series. As mentioned above he served as the associate editor of the series along with editor Francis D. Nichol. Besides editing many thousands of pages of other peoples work he wrote about 2,000 pages. The Commentary articles are not signed. Cottrell provides a list of the various authors and what books of the Bible they contributed to on the project.
A significant work of Cottrell’s which is not well known is his Eschatology of Daniel. It is at number 222 in the inventory. It was never formally published. Cottrell says the manuscript awaits a climate of openness and objectivity in the church, which is essential to a fair examination of the facts.”
Dates
- 1973
Extent
51 Pages
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Materials Specific Details
Prepared for the 1973 GC Charismatic Committee which convened at Camp Cumby Gay in Georgia and lasted one week. A thorough linguistic-contextual study leads to the conclusion that the tongue speaking at Corinth was charismatic, not a foreign language. The committee as a whole agreed despite Hasel’s insistence on it being a foreign language. As chairmen of the committee Gordon Hyde limited each person presenting a paper to thirty minutes, but gave Gerhard Hasel two full hours to present and defend his paper. With a ncere desire to lly understand the biblical hermeneutic on which Hasel based his conclusion, one noon hour I invited him to go with me on a long walk in the woods, during the course of which I discovered the basis for his hermeneutic, according to which he can come to a conclusion contradictory to the context. He assumes a theory of inspiration equivalent to verbal dictation, but avoids that term. On this basis he assumes, further, an overriding unity of Scripture according to which one passage may be read into another passage even though the context indicates otherwise. He reads the tongue speaking of Acts 2 (which he considers a clear passage) into 1 Corinthians 14, which he considers ambiguous despite the fact that context indicates otherwise
Creator
- From the Collection: Cottrell, Raymond F., 1911-2003 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Center for Adventist Research Manuscript Collections Repository