George Eldon Ladd (1911-1982)
was professor of New Testament exegesis
and theology at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.
Ladd, ordained a Baptist minister in 1933, was a pastor in New England
from 1936 to 1945. He became an instructor at Gordon College of
Theology and Missions (now Gordon-Conwell Divinity School), Wenham,
Mass. from 1942-45, associate professor of New Testament and Greek,
1946-50, head of department of New Testament, 1946-49. In 1950-52 he
was associate professor at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena,
Calif, becoming professor of biblical theology in 1952.
Ladd's magisterial work, A Theology of
the New Testament, has served thousands of seminary students
since its publication in 1974. This work was enhanced and updated by
Donald A Hagner in 1993.
Ladd was one of the more notable modern proponents of Historic
Premillennialism. He argued for this position in The Meaning of
the Millennium: Four Views, R. G. Clouse, editor (Downers Grove:
InterVarsity Press, 1977).
Selected publications
The
Gospel of
the Kingdom. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1959. ISBN 0802812805
A
Commentary
on the Revelation of John. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1972. ISBN
0802816843
The Last
Things (An Eschatology For Laymen). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1978.
A
Theology of
the New Testament. 2d ed. Edited by Donald A. Hagner. Grand
Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993. ISBN 0802806805
The
Presence
of the Future. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996. ISBN 0802815316
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