Book: "Engaging with God: A Biblical Theology of Worship"
This article reviews the book Engaging with God: A Biblical Theology of Worship, by David Peterson.
This article reviews the book Engaging with God: A Biblical Theology of Worship, by David Peterson.
This article presents the essential features of a type, doing so by rooting typology in the presuppositions of biblical theology and in Scripture. This helps to reveal much about how the New Testament authors conceived of the nature of types.
Even though the term "Biblical Theology" is widely used today, there is not a generally accepted definition of its purpose and scope. The approach of J. P. Gabler is examined in this article. An alternative approach is offered that seeks to define Biblical Theology in relation to the Christian tradition rather than over against it. The merits of these two approaches are assessed in the light of the history of Biblical Theology over the past two hundred years.
This article explains the various areas under biblical theology: covenant theology, literary theology, typology, and ritual theology.
This article discusses the renewal of theological interpretation of Scripture. The article first mentions the strength of objections to theological interpretation in the 19th century, the time when the paradigm of historical criticism was established. This is followed by a consideration of the problem of conceptualizing revelation within the Old Testament, as done by Preuss in the 20th century.
How important is the Noahic covenant in Scripture? This article wants to emphasize the importance of the Noahic covenant for biblical theology. This covenant in particular establishes the foundation for the story of God’s commitment to creation, and in particular, the preservation of life on earth.
How should the future of the scholarly study of the New Testament look like? In this study, Bird examines the problem of balancing the historical and theological components of New Testament theology. The article offers a critique of both Biblical Theology and the historical study of Christian Origins.
This article offers three definitions of biblical theology, from Geerhardus Vos, D.A. Carson, and Stephen Wellum.
There are many goals of preaching, yet this article focuses on one: helping the hearers think and read for themselves. It encourages pastors to exercise their skills for this end. Definitions of exegesis, biblical theology, and systematic theology are offered in the article as well.
Jobes underlines the importance of Bible translation. She reflects on Bible translation through her outline of a biblical theology of language. She also explores relevance theory as it bears on the question of translation. Jobes works toward conclusions on what characteristics a translation must have to be faithful.
This article responds to the approach in biblical studies of working with theologically constructed covenants, and proposes an alternative. The author refers to the covenant of grace as constructed by Meredith G. Kline or the covenant as constructed by John H. Walton.
This article is the third of a four-part series on the life of Klaas Schilder. It recounts his involvement in the Liberation and its aftermath, as well as his ongoing work as professor and editor, and then it begins an assessment of Schilder's contributions, also to the field of biblical theology.
In this chapter Hamilton considers what Biblical Theology is. For Hamilton it is the “interpretive perspective reflected in the way the biblical authors have presented their understanding of earlier Scripture, redemptive history, and the events they are describing, recounting, celebrating, or addressing.”
Hamilton argues that the centre in Biblical Theology is God, who is both merciful and just. The central theme of Scripture, according to Hamilton, is the glory of God in salvation through judgment. In Chapter 1 he first considers whether there is a centre in Scripture that holds everything in Scripture together.
Why is biblical theology needed? Biblical theology is principally concerned with the overall theological message of the whole Bible. This article explains why you need to incorporate biblical theology into your personal study, your church ministry, your theological formulation, and your personal evangelism and disciple-making.
In Chapter 1 Vos puts forward his understanding of biblical theology as a theological discipline. He emphasizes the historical character of biblical revelation. The Bible was for Vos far from a series of isolated proof texts; it was for him an organism with a rich diversity that gives unanimous expression to its message of redemption.
The idea of covenant is fundamental to the message of the Bible. The purpose of Chapter 1 is to demonstrate just how central the covenants are. Correctly relating the different covenants is central to doing good theology. The authors deliberately distance themselves from classic Reformed covenantal theology. For them “kingdom through covenant” is the central message of the story of the Bible.
What is a biblical theology of the Old Testament and what are the problems faced in constructing it? Martens considers questions of method, a possible unifying theme in the Old Testament, and how to move from exegesis to biblical theology.
The modern Biblical Theology movement and Neo-orthodoxy gave much attention to the doctrine of revelation. How can the position of modern theology best be described? How should it be assessed? This article weighs in.
One of the areas of Biblical Theology where theologians would disagree among themselves is what if anything constitutes the center (German Mitte) of Biblical Theology. Kaiser reflects on what it is that gives the Bible its unity. He explains how the unity of the Bible is built around the central plan of God.
In this essay Gaffin concentrates on the inherent vigour of Reformed systematic theology and how best to preserve and nurture its strengths. He first addresses the matter of Reformed systematic theology’s use of its own exegetical tradition given in the discipline of biblical theology as developed by Geerhardus Vos. His emphasis is on the task of all exegesis of Scripture to be redemptive-historical.
This survey of the state of Old Testament studies was written in 1975. It was a transitional period filled with uncertainties of direction. Kaiser wants to promote solid and substantial biblical scholarship. Specific areas surveyed include biblical theology, and the relation of the Old Testament to the New Testament.
This interview reflects mainly on what biblical theology is emphasizing: a redemptive-historical reading of Scripture.
This article is a biography on Geerhardus Vos. Special attention is given to his writings on biblical theology and the new covenant.
Contrasting biblical theology and systematic theology, this article shows that one difference between the two lies in their premises. Systematic theology assumes the diversity of scripture, while biblical theology assumes unity.
This article looks at the differences between biblical theology and systematic theology. The author also looks at the usefulness of systematizing theology to better understand doctrine.
This article compares and contrasts biblical theology and systematic theology.
This article is about different types of exposition for sermons. The author also discusses application in preaching, the place of biblical theology, and redemptive-historical preaching.