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

Name: Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments Theological Reflection on the Christian Bible
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ISBN: 9780800626754

ISBN-10: 0800626753

ISBN-13: 9780800626754

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Authors: Brevard S. Childs

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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…

Book details

List price: $49.00
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Publication date: 9/1/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 768
Size: 9.00" wide x 6.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.442
Language: English

Brevard S. Childs is Sterling Professor of Divinity and Fellow of Davenport College, The Divinity School, Yale University, and author of Biblical Theology in Crisis and the book of Exodus.



Preface


Abbreviations



Prolegomena



The History of the Discipline of Biblical Theology



Current Models for Biblical Theology



Classic Earlier Christian Approaches to Biblical Theology



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



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



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



Exegesis in the Context of Biblical Theology



Genesis 22.1-19: The Akedah



Matthew 21.33-46: The Parable of the Wicked Tenants



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



A Holistic Reading of Christian Scripture


Index of Authors


Index of Biblical References (selected)