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Thanks are due to James T. Dennison, Jr. for his permission to use his bibliography of Vos's writings in modified form here. Note: works in languages other than English, Vos's translations of the works of other authors into English, and some miscellaneous manuscripts have been omitted.  Mr. Dennison's bibliography has previously appeared in The Westminster Theological Journal 38 (Spring, 1976):350-367 and, with slight revision, in Redemptive History and Biblical Interpretation: The Shorter Writings of Geerhardus Vos, ed. Richard B. Gaffin, Jr. Phillipsburg, N.J.: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company, 1980, pp. 547-559.

Key to Abbreviations
Bib. Rev.: The Biblical Review
Bib. St.: The Bible Student
DAC:  Dictionary of the Apostolic Church, ed. by James Hastings
ISBE: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, ed. by James Orr
PR:  The Presbyterian Review
PRR: The Presbyterian and Reformed Review
PTR: The
Princeton Theological Review

1886
The Mosaic Origin of the Pentateuchal Codes
. With an introduction by Professor William Henry Green. New York: A. C. Armstrong & Son (also London: Hodder and Stoughton).

1889
Review
Kurzgefasster Commentar zu den heiligen Schriften Alten und Neuen Testaments, sowie zu den Apocryphen
, ed. by Hermann Strack and Otto Zöckler: Die Psalmen und die Sprueche Solomos (F. W. Schultz and Hermann Strack). PR 10:301-303.

1890
Review
Leesboek over de Gereformeerde geloofsleer
(H. E. Gravemeijer). PRR 1:146-149.

1891
De verbondsleer in de Gereformeerde theologie
. Grand Rapids: “Democrat” Drukpers; An English translation by S. Voorwinde and W. Van Gemeren, The Covenant in Reformed Theology. Philadelphia: Published privately by K. M. Campbell, 1971.

Review
Historisch-critisch onderzoek naar het outstaan en de verzameling van de boeken des Ouden Verbonds: De profetische boeken des Ouden Verbonds
(A. Kuenen). PRR 2:139-140.

1893
Reviews

Prolegomena van Bijbelsche Godgeleerdheid (E.H. van Leeuwen).
PRR 4:143-145.

De verflauwing der grenzen (Abraham Kuyper).
PRR 4:330-332.

1894
The Idea of Biblical Theology as a Science and as a Theological Discipline
. New York: Anson D. F. Randolph & Co.

Reviews
Old Testament Theology
(Herman Schultz). PRR 5:132-133.

The Doctrine of the Prophets
(A.F. Kirkpatrick). PRR 5:138-139.

Die Predigt Jesu vom Reiche Gottes
(Johannes Weiss); Jesu Predigt in ihrem Gegensatz zum Judenthum (W. Bousset); Jesu Verkündigung und Lehre vom Reiche Gottes in ihrer geschichtlichen Bedeutung dargestellt (Georg Schnedermann). PRR 5:144-147.

Alexander Comrie
(A.G. Honig). PRR 5:331-334.

De letterkunde des Ouden Verbonds naar de tijdsorde van haar ontstaan
(G. Wildeboer). PRR 5:696-699.

Gisbertus Voetius
(A.C. Duker). PRR 5:714-715.

1895
Reviews

Theology of the Old Testament
(Ch. Piepenbring). PRR 6:149-152.

New Testament Theology
(Willibald Beyschlag). PRR 6:756-761.

St. Paul’s Conception of Christianity
(Alexander B. Bruce). PRR 6:761-766.

1896
Reviews
Gereformeerde Dogmatiek
, Volume I (Herman Bavinck). PRR 7:356-363.

The Messiah of the Gospels
and The Messiah of the Apostles (Charles Augustus Briggs). PRR 7:718-724.

1897
“Some Doctrinal Features of the Early Prophecies of Isaiah,” PRR 8:444-463.

Review
De Mozaische oorsprong van de wetten in de boeken Exodus, Leviticus en
Numeri (Ph. J. Hoedemaker). PRR 8:106-109.

1898
“The Modern Hypothesis and Recent Criticism of the Early Prophets,” PRR 9:214-238 (Amos and Hosea), 411-437 (Isaiah), 610-636 (Isaiah).

1899
“The Modern Hypothesis and Recent Criticism of the Early Prophets,” PRR 10:70-97 (Isaiah), 285-317 (Micah).

“Fool,” in A Dictionary of the Bible, Volume II, ed. by James Hastings. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, pp. 43-44.


Review
Gereformeerde Dogmatiek
, Volume II (Herman Bavinck). PRR 10:694-700.

1900
“The Biblical Importance of the Doctrine of Preterition,” The Presbyterian 70 (September 5), 9, 10.

“The Ministry of John the Baptist,”
Bib. St. 1:26-32.

“The Kingdom of God,” Bib. St. 1:282-289, 328-335.

Reviews

Die Erwählung Israels nach der Heilsverkündigung des Apostels Paulus
(Johannes Dalmer). PRR 11:168-171.

Das Reich Gottes nach den synoptischen Evangelien
(W. Lütgert). PRR 11:171-174.

Die Bedeutung des lebendigen Christus für die Rechtfertigung nach Paulus
(E. Schäder). PRR 11:355-358.

Gottes Volk und sein Gesetz
(R.F. Grau). PRR 11:529-531.

The Theology of the New Testament
(George B. Stevens). PRR 11:701-706.

1901
“Our Lord’s Doctrine of the Resurrection,”
Bib. St. 3:189-197.

“The Pauline Conception of Reconciliation,”
Bib. St. 4:40-45.

Reviews

Die Jesajaerzählungen Jesaja 36-39
(J. Meinhold). PRR 12:479-480.

Entwicklungsgeschichte des Reiches Gottes
(H.J. Bestmann). PRR 12:480-481.

Grieksch-theologisch woordenboek, hoofdzakelijk van de oud-Christelijke letterkunde
(J.M.S. Baljon). American Journal of Theology 5:564-567.

1902
“The Pauline Conception of Redemption,”
Bib. St. 5:51-58.

“The Sacrificial Idea in Paul’s Doctrine of the Atonement,”
Bib. St. 6:97-103, 151-158.

“The Scriptural Doctrine of the Love of God,” PRR 13:1-37.

“The Nature and Aims of Biblical Theology,” First published in The Union Seminary Magazine 13/3 (Feb.-Mar. 1902): 194-99. Reprinted in Kerux: The Journal of Biblical-Theological Preaching 14/1 (May 1999): 3-8 (and available online at kerux.com).

Review

The Relation of the Apostolic Teaching to the Teaching of Christ
(Robert J. Drummond). PRR 13:473-478.

1903
The Teaching of Jesus Concerning the Kingdom of God and the Church. New York: American Tract Society.

“The Theology of Paul,”
Bib. St. 7:332-340.


“The Alleged Legalism in Paul’s Doctrine of Justification,” PTR 1:161-179.

Reviews

Der alttestamentliche Unterbau des Reiches Gottes
(Julius Boehmer). PTR 1:126-131.

Die Reichsgotteshoffnung in den ältesten christlichen Dokumenten und bei Jesus
(Paul Wernle). PTR 1:298-303.

Joseph and Moses
(Buchanan Blake). PTR 1:470-472.

Die Gedankeneinheit des ersten Briefes Petri
(Julius Kögel). PTR 1:472-476.

The Theology of Christ’s Teaching
(John M. King). PTR 1:653-654.

Theologischer Jahresbericht, 1901
. PTR 1:655.

1904
Reviews
Die Religion des Judentums im neutestamentlichen Zeitalter
(Wilhelm Bousset). PTR 2:159-166.

The Teaching of Jesus Concerning the Kingdom of God and the Church
(Geerhardus Vos). PTR 2:335-336.

Geschichte der jüdischen Apologetik als Vorgeschichte des Christenthums
(M. Friedländer). PTR 2:528-531.

1905
Reviews

Die Entstehung der paulinischen Christologie
(Martin Brückner). PTR 3:144-147.

Die Begriffe Geist und Leben bei Paulus in ihren Beziehungen zu einander
(Emil Sokolowski). PTR 3:317-321.

Die Offenbarung des Johannes
(Johannes Weiss). PTR 3:321-325.

Biblische Zeitschrift in Verbindung mit der Redaktion der Biblischen Studien
(Joh. Göttsberger and Jos. Eickenberger). PTR 3:482.

St. Paul’s Conception of the Last Things
(H.A.A. Kennedy). PTR 3:483-487.

Der Sohn und die Söhne
(Julius Kögel). PTR 3:487-489.

The Spirit of God in Biblical Literature
(Irving F. Wood). PTR 3:680-685.

1906
“Christian Faith and the Truthfulness of Bible History,” PTR 4:289-305.

“Covenant,” in A Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels, Volume I, ed. By James Hastings. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, pp. 373-380.

“Salvation,” ibid., Volume II, pp. 552-557.

“Savior,” ibid., Volume II, pp. 571-573.

Reviews

The Theology of the Old Testament
(A.B. Davidson). PTR 4:115-120.

The Eschatology of Jesus; Or, The Kingdom Come and Coming
(Lewis A. Muirhead). PTR 4:124-127.

The Messianic Hope in the New Testament
(Shailer Mathews). PTR 4:260-265.

Der Sabbat im Alten Testament und im altjüdischen religiösen Aberglauben
(Friedrich Bohn). PTR 4:406.

Christianity in Talmud and Midrash
(R. Travers Herford). PTR 4:412-414.

Biblische Zeitschrift
(Joh. Göttsberger and Jos. Sickenberger). PTR 4:414-415.

1907
“The Priesthood of Christ in the Epistle to the Hebrews,” PTR 5:423-447, 579-604.

Reviews

Beiträge zur Förderung christlicher Theologie
(A. Schlatter and W. Lütgert). PTR 5:115-119.

The Testimony of St. Paul to Christ Viewed in Some of Its Aspects
(R.J. Knowling). PTR 5:324-328.

The Prophet of Nazareth
(Nathaniel Schmidt). PTR 5:490-496.

Jesus und Paulus
(Julius Kaftan). PTR 5:496-502.

Biblische Zeitschrift, 1906
. PTR 5:668.

Verzeichnis der von Adolf Hilgenfeld verfassten Schriften. . . . PTR
5:675-676.

1908
Reviews
The Apostolic Age in Light of Modern Criticism
(James H. Ropes). PTR 6:310-314.

The Fourth Gospel: Its Purpose and Theology
(Ernest J. Scott). PTR 6:314-320.

A Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels
(ed. by James Hastings). PTR 6:655-662.

1909
Reviews

The Religion of the Post-Exilic Prophets
(W.H. Bennett). PTR 7:123-126.

Der Zweifel an der Messianität Jesu
(A. Schlatter). PTR 7:343-348.

Jesus und die Heidenmission
(Max Meinertz). PTR 7:493-497.

The Religion and Worship of the Synagogue
(W.O.E. Oesterley and G.H. Box). PTR 7:498-500.

Die religiösen und sittlichen Anschauungen der alttestamentlichen Apokryphon und Pseudepigraphen
(Ludwig Couard). PTR 7:667-669. 

1910
Reviews

The Religion of the Old Testament
(Karl Marti). PTR 8:295-296.

Echtheit, Hauptbegriff und Gedankengang der messianischen Weissagung Is. 9, 1-6
(Wilhelm Caspari) and Gottes Angesicht (J. Boehmer). PTR 8:296-298.

Jesus and the Gospel
(James Denney). PTR 8:301-309.

Spirit in the New Testament
(Edward W. Winstanley). PTR 8:317-320.

The Background of the Gospels: Or, Judaism in the Period Between the Old and New Testaments
(William Fairweather). PTR 8:320-321.

Ahasver “der ewige Jude”. . . .
(Eduard König). PTR 8:345-346.

The Holy Spirit in the New Testament: A Study of Primitive Christian Teaching
(Henry B. Swete). PTR 8:670-672.

1911
“The Pauline Eschatology and Chiliasm,” PTR 9:26-60.

Reviews

The Quest of the Historical Jesus
(Albert Schweitzer). PTR 9:132-141.

Israel’s Ideal Or Studies in Old Testament Theology
(John Adams). PTR 9:482-483.

Biblische Zeitschrift, 1909. PTR
9:660-661.

The Eschatological Question in the Gospels and Other Studies in Recent New Testament Criticism
(Cyril W. Emmet). PTR 9:662-666.

New Testament Theology
(Henry C. Sheldon). PTR 9:666-667.

1912
“The Eschatological Aspect of the Pauline Conception of the Spirit,” in Biblical and Theological Studies. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, pp. 211-259.

Reviews

Die Menschensohnfrage im letzen-Stadium
(Eduard Hertlein). PTR 10:324-330.

Die Handauflegung im Urchristentum nach Verwendung, Herkunft und Bedeutung in religionsgeschlichtlichem Zusammenhang untersucht
(Johannes Behm). PTR 10:330-334.

De Theologie van Kronieken
(Jelte Swart). PTR 10:480-481.

Der geschichtliche Jesus
(Carl Clemen). PTR 10:489-490.

Das Aposteldekret (Acts 15:28, 29). Seine Entstehung und Geltung in den ersten vier Jahrhunderten (Preisschrift)
(K. Six). PTR 10:669-672.

1913
“The Range of the Logos-Title in the Prologue to the Fourth Gospel,” PTR 11:365-419, 557-602.

Reviews

La Theologie de Saint Paul
(F. Prat). PTR 11:126-129.

The Religious Experience of Saint Paul
(Percy Gardner). PTR 11:316-320.


Der Begriff
Diaqhkh im Neuen Testament (Johannes Behm). PTR 11:513-518.

Auferstehungshoffnung und Pneumagedanke bei Paulus
(Kurt Diessner). PTR 11:664-668.

Der Begriff der Wahrheit in dem Evangelium und den Briefen des Johannes
(F. Büchsel). PTR 11:668-672.

1914
“‘Covenant’ or ‘Testament’?” The Bible Magazine 2:205-225.

Reviews

Paul and His Interpreters
(Albert Schweitzer). PTR 12:142-149.

A Critical History of the Doctrine of the Future Life. . . .
and Immortality (R.H. Charles). PTR 12:297-305.

Primitive Christianity and Its Non-Jewish Sources
(Carl Clemen). PTR 12:305-310.

Reden und Aufsätze
(Hermann Gunkel). PTR 12:633-636.

Kyrios Christos
(Wilhelm Bousset). PTR 12:636-645.

The Christology of St. Paul
(G. Nowell Rostron). PTR 12:645-647.

1915
“The Continuity of the Kyrios Title in the New Testament,” PTR 13:161-189.

“Hebrews, the Epistle of the Diatheke,” PTR 13:587-632.

“Brotherly Love,” DAC, Volume I, pp. 160-162.

“Goodness,” ibid., pp. 470-471.

“Joy,” ibid., pp. 654-655.

“Kindness,” ibid., pp. 673-674.

“Longsuffering,” ibid., pp. 704-705.

“Love,” ibid., pp. 713-717.

“Peace,” ibid., Volume II, pp. 159-160.

“Pity,” ibid., pp. 240-241.

“Wicked,” ibid., pp. 675-676.

“Eschatology of the New Testament,” ISBE, Volume II, pp. 979-993.

“Gehenna,” ibid., p. 1183.

“Hades,” ibid., pp. 1314-1315.

“Heavens, New (and Earth, New),” ibid., pp. 1353-1354.

“Jerusalem, New,” ibid., Volume III, pp. 1621-1622.

“Lake of
Fire,” ibid., p. 1822.

“Last Time, Times,” ibid., p. 1840.

“Omnipotence,” ibid., Volume IV, pp. 2188-2190.

“Omnipresence,” ibid., pp. 2190-2191.

“Omniscience,” ibid., pp. 2191-2192.

“Perdition,” ibid., p. 2320.

“Reprobate,” ibid., p. 2560.


Reviews

The Religious Ideas of the Old Testament
(H. Wheeler Robinson). PTR 13:109-111.

The Theology of the Gospels
(James Moffatt). PTR 13:111-114.

Buddhistische und neutestamentliche Erzählungen
(Georg Faber). PTR 13:115-119.

Sporen van animisme in het Oude Testament?
(G. Ch. Aalders). PTR 13:288-289.

The Christology of the Epistle to the Hebrews, Including Its Relation to the Developing Christology of the Primitive Church
(Harris L. MacNeill). PTR 13:490-491.

Die Entstehung der Weisheit Salomos
(Friedrich Focke). PTR 13:677-681.

Zur Geschichte der alttestamentlichen Religion in ihrer universalen Bedeutung
(W.W.G. Baudissin). PTR 13:681-683.

Das antisemitische Hauptdogma
(Eduard König). PTR 13:683-684.

1916
“Hebrews, the Epistle of the Diatheke (concluded),” PTR 14:1-61.

“Modern Dislike of the Messianic Consciousness of Jesus,” Bib. Rev. 1:170-185.

“The Ubiquity of the Messiahship in the Gospels,” Bib. Rev. 1:490-506.

“The Second Coming of Our Lord and the Millennium,” The Presbyterian 86 (December 7): 6, 7, 27, 28.

Reviews

The Books of the Apocrypha
(W.O.E. Oesterley). PTR 14:135-138.

Paul’s Doctrine of Redemption
(Henry B. Carré). PTR 14:138-139.

Recht und Schuld in der Geschichte
(A. Schlatter). PTR 14:361-362.

Het Evangelie van Markus
(A. van Veldhuizen) and Het Evangelie van Mattheus (J.A.C. van Leeuwen). PTR 14:494-495.

Israel en de Baäls afval of ontwikkeling
(J. Ridderbos). PTR 14:495-498.

Der Märtyrer in den Anfängen der Kirche
(A. Schlatter). PTR 14:656-658.

1917
“Kyrios Christos Controversy,” PTR 15:21-89.

Review

Paulus en zijn brief aan de Romeinen
(A. Van Veldhuizen). PTR 15:180-181. 

1919
Reviews

Het Evangelie van Lucas
(J. De Zwaan). PTR 17:142-143.

Het eeuwige leven bij Paulus
(Johan T. Ubbink). PTR 17:143-151.

1920
“The Messiahship: Formal or Essential to the Mind of Jesus?” Bib. Rev. 5:196-208.

“Eschatology of the Psalter,” PTR 18:1-43.

1922
“The Name ‘Lord’ As Used of Jesus in the Gospels,” Bib. Rev. 7:515-536.

1926
The Self-Disclosure of Jesus: The Modern Debate about the Messianic Consciousness
. New York: George H. Doran Co. (Rewritten and corrected by Johannes G. Vos and republished in Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1954. Another edition Nutley, New Jersey: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Co., 1976.)

1927
“‘True’ and ‘Truth’ in the Johannine Writings,” Bib. Rev. 12:507-520.

1928
“Jeremiah’s Plaint and Its Answer,” PTR 26:481-495.

1929
“The Pauline Doctrine of the Resurrection,” PTR 27:1-35.

“Alleged Development in Paul’s Teaching on the Resurrection,” PTR 27:193-226.

“The Structure of the Pauline Eschatology,” PTR 27:403-444.

1930
The Pauline Eschatology
. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University.

1931
Charis, English Verses. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press.

1933
Western Rhymes
. Santa Ana, California: The Author.

1948
Biblical Theology: Old and New Testaments
, ed. by Johannes G. Vos. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

1952
The Teaching of the Epistle to the Hebrews
, ed. and rewritten by Johannes G. Vos. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

1994
Grace and Glory
. Edinburgh: The Banner of Truth Trust, 1994. (Includes all the remaining sermon corpus of Vos from the 1922 version of this title to the sermons published in Kerux from 1986 to 1991.)

2001
The Eschatology of the Old Testament
, ed. by James T. Dennison, Jr. Phillipsburg, New Jersey: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Co., 2001.


 

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