Biblical Theology According to the Apostles
How The Earliest Christians Told The Story Of Israel
Biblical Theology According to the Apostles
How The Earliest Christians Told The Story Of Israel
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Publisher: Inter-Varsity Press
ISBN: 9781783599561
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 21/05/2020
Although relatively few in number, the New Testament’s explicit summaries of the Old Testament story of Israel give readers direct access to the way the earliest Christians told this story -- which is to say, to the way they did biblical theology. These curiously overlooked summaries are the subject of this stimulating study.
Bruno, Compton and McFadden examine the passages in the Synoptic Gospels, Acts, Paul's letters and Hebrews that recount the characters, events, and institutions of Israel’s story in chronological order and at substantial length. They demonstrate just how valuable a lens these summaries provide for a clearer vision of the earliest Christians’ practice of biblical theology.
The authors' ultimate goal is to move beyond the descriptive to the prescriptive, to show how contemporary readers can and should follow the apostles' example.
Series preface
Authors’ preface
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
Our idea: exploring the exposed iceberg
Our criteria: New Testament summaries of Israel’s story
Our method: context, content, and contribution
2. Matthew and Israel’s ongoing story
Context of Matthew’s genealogy
Content of Matthew’s genealogy
The context of the Parable of the Tenants
The content of the Parable of the Tenants
Reading Israel’s story with Matthew
The Great Commission and the story of Israel in Matthew’s Gospel
The contributions of the summaries of Israel’s story in Matthew
Conclusion
3. Luke, Acts, and the climax of Israel’s story
The context: The Gospel of Luke
The context: Acts
The context of Stephen’s speech (Acts 7)
The content of Stephen’s speech (Acts 7)
Summary of Stephen’s speech (Acts 7)
The context of Paul’s sermon (Acts 13)
The content of Paul’s sermon (Acts 13)
Summary of Paul’s sermon (Acts 13)
The contributions of the stories of Israel in Acts
Conclusion
4. Galatians and Israel’s law
Context of the story
Content of the story
Contribution to biblical theology
Conclusion
5. Romans and Israel’s Identity
Context of the story
Content of the story
Contribution to biblical theology
Conclusion
6. Hebrews and Israel’s inheritance
The context of Hebrews’ summary
The content of Hebrews’ summary
The biblical–theological contribution of Hebrews’ summary
Conclusion
7. Conclusion: a biblical-theological rule of faith
Summary of the contributions
Biblical-theological prescriptions
Israel’s story and our stories
Bibliography
This book is a fresh entry into the crowded field of biblical theology. One form of biblical theology seeks to unpack the distinctive theological voice of each biblical book and corpus; another very common form of biblical theology traces themes across the canon, watching them develop and sometimes even take on a typological life of their own. The approach adopted by the three authors of this volume follows neither pattern. Instead, they set themselves the task of studying how the story of Israel is picked up in various ways in the New Testament, whether directly or allusively. What does Matthew's handling of Jesus' genealogy disclose about the evangelist's understanding of Israel's history? What about the treatment of Israel by Stephen in Acts 7, by Paul in Romans 9-11, by the author of Hebrews in Hebrews 11? The journey through these and other texts is surprisingly interesting, and contributes mightily to a fresh understanding of some of the ways in which the biblical documents intertwine so as to flesh out the good news of Jesus the Messiah. * D. A. Carson, Research Professor of New Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, USA *
