When I was in the midst of my theological studies, the Protestant Scholastics did not interest me much. They had been presented to me as more interested in philosophy, logic, and system, than in Scripture and interpretation. As interested as I am in philosophy and logic, I was much more interested in the knowledge of God that can be gleaned in Scripture, so I passed the Scholastics by...
Fast forward a number of years, and I discover that that presentation of the old Scholastics was a misrepresentation and caricature. As I have studied their writings, I have discovered the most profound, learned, and penetrating Biblical analysis that I have ever encountered.
Coming in the next few days, De Moor's treatment of Hebrews 5:8 and the correct interpretation of καίπερ...and its bearing upon the Doctrine of the Eternal Generation of the Son...