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Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments: Theological Reflection on the Christian Bible

Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments: Theological Reflection on the Christian Bible

This monumental work is the first comprehensive biblical theology to appear in many years and is the culmination of Brevard Child's lifelong commitment to constructing a biblical theology that surmounts objections to the discipline raised over the past generation.

Childs rejects any approaches that overstress either the continuity or discontinuity between the Old and New Testaments. He refuses to follow the common pattern in Christian thought of identifying biblical theology with the New Testament's interest in the Old. Rather, Childs maps out an approach that reflects on the whole Christian Bible with its two very different voices, each of which retains continuing integrity and is heard on its own terms.
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  • Publisher Fortress Press
  • Format Paperback
  • ISBN 9780800698324
  • eBook ISBN 9781451404500
  • Age/Grade Range Adult
  • Dimensions 6.25 x 9.25
  • Pages 774
  • Publication Date April 1, 2011

Contents

    Preface
    Abbreviations

1. PROLEGOMENA
    The History of the Discipline of Biblical Theology
    Current Models for Biblical Theology
    Classic Earlier Christian Approaches to Biblical Theology

2. A SEARCH FOR A NEW APPROACH
    The Problem of the Christian Bible
    A Canonical Approach to Biblical Theology
    From Witness to Subject Matter
    Canonical Categories for Structuring a Biblical Theology

3. THE DISCRETE WITNESS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
    Methodological Problems
    Creation
    From Eden to Babel
    Patriarchal Traditions (Genesis 12-50)
    Mosaic Traditions
    The Possession of the Land and the Settlement
    The Tradition of the Judges
    The Establishment of the Monarchy
    The Divided Kingdom
    Exile and Restoration
    The Prophetic Tradition
    The Apocalyptic Tradition
    The Wisdom Tradition
    The Tradition of the Psalms
    Excursus: The Theological Problem of Old Testament History

4. THE DISCRETE WITNESS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
    The Hermeneutical Problem of the Historical Study of the New Testament
    The Church's Earliest Proclamation
    The Pauline Gospel
    The Formation of the Gospels
    The Four Gospels
    The Witness of Acts to the Mission of the Church
    The Post-Pauline Age

5. EXEGESIS IN THE CONTEXT OF BIBLICAL THEOLOGY
    Genesis 22:1-19: The Akedah
    Matthew 21:33-46: The Parable of the Wicked Tenants

6. THEOLOGICAL REFLECTION ON THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE
    The Identity of God
    God the Creator
    Covenant, Election, People of God
    Christ the Lord
    Reconciliation with God
    Law and Gospel
    Humanity: Old and New
    Biblical Faith
    God's Kingdom and Rule
    The Shape of the Obedient Life: Ethics

7. A HOLISTIC READING OF CHRISTIAN SCRIPTURE

    Index of Authors
    Index of Biblical References (selected)

Endorsements

"A significant contribution to the field of biblical theology...offers a text-oriented approach to theology."
— Trinity Journal
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