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Out of Egypt Biblical Theology and Biblical Interpretation

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ISBN-10: 0310234158

ISBN-13: 9780310234159

Edition: 2004

Authors: Mary Healy, Karl M�ller, Robin Parry, Craig Bartholomew, Anthony C. Thiselton

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Biblical theology attempts to explore the theological coherence of the canonical witnesses; no serious Christian theology can overlook this issue. The essays in the present volume illustrate the complexity and richness of the conversation that results from attentive consideration of the question. In a time when some voices are calling for a moratorium on biblical theology or pronouncing its concerns obsolete, this collection of meaty essays demonstrates the continuing vitality and necessity of the enterprise. Richard B. Hays, George Washington Ivey Professor of New Testament, The Divinity School, Duke University, USA This volume on biblical theology jumps into the fray and poses the right…    
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List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Zondervan
Publication date: 11/28/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Size: 6.05" wide x 9.05" long x 1.65" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English

Karl M�ller is lecturer in theology and religious studies at St. Martin's College, Lancaster, and senior tutor at the Carlisle and Blackburn Diocesan Training Institute. He is the author of A Prophet in Debate: The Rhetoric of Persuasion in the Book of Amos. He has also co-edited Renewing Biblical Interpretation and After Pentecost: Language and Biblical Interpretation.

Craig Bartholomew (MA, Potchefstroom University, PhD, Bristol University) is professor of philosophy and biblical studies at Redeemer University College in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada. He is the author of Reading Ecclesiastes: Old Testament Exegesis and Hermeneutical Theory. He has also edited In the Fields of the Lord: A Calvin Served Reader and co-edited Christ and Consumerism: A Critical Analysis of the Spirit of the Age. He is the series editor for the Scripture and Hermeneutics Series.

Dr. Anthony C. Thiselton is professor of Christian theology at the University of Nottingham and Canon Theologian of Leicester Cathedral. His substantial volume on hermeneutics, The Two Horizons, received international acclaim as a standard resource for this growing subject area.

Preface
Contributors
Abbreviations
The Artists
Out of Egypt
Biblical Theology and Biblical Interpretation:Introduction 1
Out of Egypt: The Content of this Volume
Approaches to Biblical Theology
The Church Fathers and Biblical Theology
Gerald BrayDefining our Terms
The Relevance of the Fathers for Biblical Theology Today
Ontology and Biblical Theology
The Nature and Genre of Biblical Theology: SomeReflections in the Light of
''Prolegomena to a Biblical Theology''
Karl M�llerScobie''s Approach to Biblical Theology
Reflections on the Nature and Genre of Biblical Theology
The Role of Descriptive Analytical Biblical Theologies
Some Directions in Catholic Biblical Theology
Francis MartinDei Verbum
The Challenge of Catholic Biblical Theology since Dei Verbum
Concluding Reflections
The Theology of the Old Testament by Marco Nobile:A Contribution to Jewish-Christian Relations
Nuria Calduch-BenagesThe Current Situation of Biblical Theology
viii ContentsThe Theology of the Old Testament by Marco Nobile
The Contribution of Nobile''s Work to Jewish-Christian Relations
Conclusion
Mission as a Matrix for Hermeneutics and BiblicalTheology
Introduction: Bible and Mission
Steps Toward a Missional Hermeneutic
Contours of a Missional Hermeneutic
Conclusion: Framework or Map?
Story and Biblical Theology
Introduction
The Impetus Toward Narrative from Philosophy and Theology
The Impetus Toward Narrative from Practical Theologyand Theological Ethics
The Impetus Toward Narrative from Missiology:Missionary Encounter between Two Stories
Story and Biblical Theology
Arguments Against Reading the Bible as a Grand Story
Conclusion
The Problem of ''Biblical Theology''
Introduction
Posing the Problem
The Fundamental Nature of the Problem
The Central Subject Matter of Biblical Theology
Conclusion
Great Themes of the Bible
Biblical Theology and the Problems of Monotheism
Richard BauckhamIntroduction
Monotheism as a Misleading Category
The Quest of the Historical Monotheism
The Old Testament: A Monotheistic Book?
The Shema in the New Testament
The Unity of Humankind as a Theme in Biblical Theology
Stephen C. BartonIntroduction: Humankind at Risk
Contents ixWhy Unity? Unity of What Kind?
The Unity of Humankind in the Greco-Roman Tradition
The Unity of Humankind in the Bible and Early Judaism
The Unity of Humankind in the New Testament
Conclusion
Parts of the Bible and Biblical Theology
Zechariah
Al WoltersIntroduction
Patristic Commentaries
Twentieth-century Commentaries
Conclusions
Paul and Salvation History in Romans 9:30 - 10:4
Salvation History and Covenant
The New Covenant in the New Testament
National and Believing Israel
Paul and Law in the Light of the Cross
Conclusion
Hebrews and Biblical Theology
Biblical Theology and Hebrews
Scripture and the Relationship between Old and New in theRhetorical Structure of Hebrews
Some Features of Hebrews'' Christological Reading of Scripture
Does Hebrews'' Christological Reading Have a CoherentHermeneutical Framework?
Hebrews and Biblical Theology
Theological Interpretation and Biblical Theology
Systematic - In What Sense?
Trevor HartSystem Addicts? Or, On the Need to Avoid both ofTwo Patron Saints
Transformation and Convergence in the Frame of Knowing:The Distinctive Task of a Systematic Theology
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Biblical Theology and the Clarity of Scripture
The Importance of Claritas Scripturae
The Effective Illuminating Presence of God the Revealer Cla