Vern Sheridan Poythress (born 1946) is an American philosopher,theologian,New Testament scholar and mathematician,who is currently the New Testament chair of the ESV Oversight Committee. He is also the Distinguished Professor of New Testament,Biblical Interpretation,and Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary and editor of Westminster Theological Journal.[1]
In 1983,Poythress married Diane M. Poythress. They have two sons,Ransom Poythress and Justin Poythress.[2][9]
As of 2016,he was teaching New Testament and occasional courses on the philosophies of science and language at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia,[3] work he began in 1976. His blog with John M. Frame was listed in early 2018 as one of the top 50 Christian popular culture sites.[10]
Thought
Poythress views scientific law as a form of the word of God.[11] In 1976,Poythress wrote a chapter on "A Biblical View of Mathematics,"[12] in which he argued (among other things) that number is eternal because the Trinity is eternal.[13] In a 1983 article,he suggested that mathematics is the rhyme of the universe.[14] His philosophy of science draws on the work of Thomas Kuhn.[15]
↑ Frame, John M. (2017). "Preface". In John M. Frame; Wayne Grudem; John J. Hughes (eds.). Redeeming the Life of the Mind: Essays in Honor of Vern Poythress. Wheaton, IL: Crossway. pp.ii–vii. ISBN978-1-4335-5306-6.
↑ Per the Bowyer article, op. cit., Poythress has an "M Div, ThM, M Litt, and a ThD in various theological disciplines from Westminster Seminary, Cambridge University and the University of Stellenbosch respectively", but the specific dates and details that appear are as yet unsourced. John Frame's preface to the dedicatory essay volume, op. cit., confirms this degree, but does not have date information.
↑ Frame, John J.; Grudem, Wayne; Hughes, John J., eds. (2017). Redeeming the Life of the Mind: Essays in Honor of Vern Poythress. Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway. ISBN978-1-4335-5303-5.
↑ Poythress, Vern S. (1976). "A Biblical View of Mathematics". In North, Gary (ed.). Foundations of Christian Scholarship. Vallecito, CA: Ross House. pp.159–188.
↑ Byl, John (2001). "Theism and Mathematical Realism". Proceedings of the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences. Grand Rapids, MI: ACMS: 33–48. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
John M. Frame; Wayne Grudem; John J. Hughes, eds. (2017). Redeeming the Life of the Mind: Essays in Honor of Vern Poythress. Wheaton, IL: Crossway. ISBN978-1-4335-5306-6. A Festschrift dedicated to Poythress, with contributions from J. I. Packer, Brandon Crowe, Iain M. Duguid, Richard B. Gaffin Jr., Peter Lillback, Carl R. Trueman, Camden Bucey, Robert Cara, In Whan Kim, Lane Tipton, Pierce Taylor Hibbs, Jeff Waddington, Luke Lu, Brian Wood, and others.
Bowyer, Jerry (April 19, 2016). "God In Mathematics". Forbes. Retrieved July 16, 2019. [Interview with title subject, after publication of Chance and the Sovereignty of God.]
External links
Frame-Poythress.org, a website that publishes books, articles, and audio by the title subject, and by theologian John Frame
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