Work
Building on the legacy of Geerhardus Vos, Kline was an influential voice for Covenant Theology in the Reformed tradition, providing both new insights into Scripture and critical engagement with contemporary biblical scholarship. He is perhaps best known for his contributions on the subject of Suzerain–Vassal treaties, specifically on the relationship of treaties from the 2nd millennium BC to covenants found in the Bible.
Kline is also well known for propounding the framework interpretation of the creation account found in the first chapter of Genesis.
Theologian John Frame has called Kline "the most impressive biblical theologian of my lifetime," adding that Kline's work "is orthodox, yet often original, and it always provides rich analysis of Scripture."
In 2000, a festschrift was published in Kline's honor: Creator Redeemer Consummator: A Festschrift for Meredith G. Kline, ed. H. Griffith and J. R. Muether (Greenville, SC: Reformed Academic Press), featuring scholars (and former students) such as Tremper Longman and Charles Lee Irons.
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“The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary.”
—Henry Miller (1891–1980)
“As long as the “woman’s work” that some men do is socially devalued, as long as it is defined as woman’s work, as long as it’s tacked onto a “regular” work day, men who share it are likely to develop the same jagged mouth and frazzled hair as the coffee-mug mom. The image of the new man is like the image of the supermom: it obscures the strain.”
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—Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844–1911)