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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 220.6 EAN: 9780310273332 ISBN: 0310273331 Label: Zondervan Manufacturer: Zondervan Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: November 01, 2008 Publisher: Zondervan Studio: Zondervan Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: This book in the Counterpoints: Exploring Theology series introduces three approaches presently employed in the study of the uses of the Old Testament in the New Testament, especially in those instances where the New Testament authors discern the fulfillment of a prophetic element in the Old Testament text. The foundational issue concerns the relationship between an Old Testament author’s meaning and the meaning of that same passage when it is used by a New Testament author. Average Rating:
 Rating: - A must-have for the NT use of the OTThe book begins with an introduction by Dr. Jonathan Lunde which serves to frame the interaction which follows. He identifies the central question as being the relationship between the Old Testament and the New Testament authors' intended meaning. Surrounding this central issue he identifies five "orbiting questions": 1. Is sensus plenior an appropriate way of explaining the NT use of the OT? 2. How is typology best understood? 3. Do the NT writers take into account the ... Read More Rating: - Good Debate - No Clear Winner, but I lean toward Bock's viewDo the New Testament writers use the OT in its grammatical historical sense, or do they give it a deeper meaning unforeseen by the OT writers? These questions and more are developed in this volume. Walter Kaiser defends the single meaning, unified referents viewpoint. He believes that the NT writers presented Christ as the fulfillment of the OT, and that they didn't bring out a deeper meaning unforeseen by the OT writers. Kaiser rejects the notion that 1 Peter 1:10-12, 2 Peter 1:19-21, and John 11:49 ... Read More Rating: - A Good Entry Point Into the Study of the NT Use of the OT"Three Views on the New Testament Use of the Old" is a collection and interaction of three essays on the topic of how to understand the New Testament authors' use of the Old Testament. The three contributors to the book are Walter Kaiser (single meaning, unified referents view), Darrell Bock (single meaning, multiple contexts and referents view), and Peter Enns (fuller meaning, single goal view). Each of the three lengthy chapters includes an essay by one of the contributors espousing his view followed ... Read More 
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