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Character of Christian Scripture The Significance of a Two-Testament Bible

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ISBN-10: 0801039487

ISBN-13: 9780801039485

Edition: 2011

Authors: Craig Bartholomew, Joel Green, Christopher R. Seitz

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The early church received the Scriptures of Israel as Christian Scriptures and did not change them. The older testament was received as a witness to God, and when a newer testament emerged, the older was not dismissed, harmonized, or edited. Rather, the church moved forward with a two-testament witness. Christopher Seitz, an internationally renowned expert in canonical criticism, illuminates the two-testament character of Scripture and its significance for the contemporary church. He interacts critically with current interest in the New Testament's use of the Old Testament and addresses an issue of perennial concern: how to hear both testaments as Christian witness.
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Book details

List price: $31.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Baker Academic
Publication date: 10/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.63" wide x 8.43" long x 0.61" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English

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.

Christopher R. Seitz is Professor of Old Testament and Theological Studies at the University of Saint Andrews in Scotland. He is the author or editor of eight books including Figured Out: Typology, Providence and Christian Scripture and Nicene Christianity: The Future for a New Ecumenism.

Series Preface
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction: Starting Points
The Canonical Approach and Theological Interpretation
Biblical Theology and Identification with Christian Scripture: "We Are Not Prophets or Apostles"
An Illustration of the Challenge: The Letter to the Hebrews, Biblical Theology, and Identification
Theological Use of the Old Testament: Recent New Testament Scholarship and the Psalms as Christian Scripture
Old and New in Canonical Interpretation
"Be Ye Sure That the Lord He Is God"-Crisis in Interpretation and the Two-Testament Voice of Christian Scripture
The Rule of Faith, Hermeneutics, and the Character of Christian Scripture
Epilogue
Subject Index
Author Index
Scripture Index