163 November

163 November 2019 Book Reviews in Scripture on election, including chapters on the Old Testament, the New Testament, and, deserv- edly, the Pauline epistles as source of the doctrine in their own right. The exegesis is sound and com- pelling. The doctrine of election does not have its source in John Calvin, but in Holy Writ. Church historically, the doc- trine was clarified and empha- sized by Augustine against the early heretic, Pelagius. To Augus- tine’s teaching of election, Vene- ma devotes...