Handbook on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament (Beale)

Author:

Beale, G.K.

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9780801038969

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Baker Academic

Pages:

173

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Paperback

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This concise guide by a leading New Testament scholar helps readers understand how to better study the multitude of Old Testament references in the New Testament. G. K. Beale, coeditor of the bestselling Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament, focuses on the "how to" of interpreting the New Testament use of the Old Testament, providing students and pastors with many of the insights and categories necessary for them to do their own exegesis. Brief enough to be accessible yet thorough enough to be useful, this handbook will be a trusted guide for all students of the Bible.

Contents:

1. Challenges to Interpreting the Use of the Old Testament in the New

2. Seeing the Old Testament in the New: Definitions of Quotations and Allusions and Criteria for Discerning Them

3. An Approach to Interpreting the Old Testament in the New

4. Primary Ways the New Testament Uses the Old Testament

5. Hermeneutical and Theological Presuppositions of the New Testament Writers

6. The Relevance of Jewish Backgrounds for the Study of the Old Testament in the New: A Survey of the Sources

7. A Case Study Illustrating the Methodology of This Book

Author

G. K. Beale (PhD, University of Cambridge) is professor of New Testament and biblical theology at Westminster Theological Seminary. In recent years he has served as president and member of the executive committee of the Evangelical Theological Society. He has written several books and articles on biblical studies.

Endorsements

"During the last four decades, not a little serious work has been undertaken to understand better how the New Testament cites the Old. Quite a lot of it was written by Greg Beale. Here, however, he keeps the student in mind and provides an introduction to the subject, complete with helpful bibliographies, useful illustrations, and step-by-step demonstrations of how to think through these issues." - D. A. Carson, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

"This handbook provides readers with a wonderful overview of key issues in and tools for the study of the use of the Old Testament in the New. It is written at an accessible level without sacrificing depth. I expect it to become a standard textbook for courses on the subject (as it will be for mine) and the first book to which newcomers will be directed to help them navigate through these sometimes complex waters." - Roy E. Ciampa, professor of New Testament, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

"In this book Greg Beale combines a beginner's guide to the study of the use of the Old Testament in the New Testament with a detailed catalog of resource material, an illustrated exposition of the methods to be applied, and some discussion of the hermeneutical issues that arise. He himself has made notable forays into this field of study and draws on these to enrich the content of the book, making it not simply a survey of contemporary approaches but also a real personal contribution to the further development of our understanding of this crucial area of biblical studies. The volume thus compensates generously for the lack of a detailed introduction to the massive Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament edited by Beale and Don Carson." - I. Howard Marshall, professor emeritus of New Testament, University of Aberdeen

"This volume fills a gap by providing serious students of Scripture with a helpful tool for interpreting Old Testament citations and allusions in the New Testament. Beale's magisterial grasp of the subject enables him to present a complex and technical yet intriguing subject in such a way that mere mortals are equipped to engage in the study of the New Testament use of the Old Testament on their own." - Andreas J. Köstenberger, director of PhD studies and senior professor of New Testament and biblical theology, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary