Canon, Covenant and Christology: Rethinking Jesus and the Scriptures of Israel
9780830831876, 9780830829293, 9781783595457, 9781783595440, 2019052383, 2019052384
Table of contents : Series preface Author’s preface Abbreviations Introduction: Reorienting the hermeneutical approach to Jesus and the scriptures of Israel 1. Divine authorial intent, canonical unity, and the Christological presuppositions of biblical theology 2. The book of the covenant and canon consciousness 3. The scripture must be fulfilled: The Matthean witness (case study 1) 4. The ultimate fulfillment and self-disclosure of God: The Johannine witness (case study 2) 5. Living by every word from the mouth of God: What Christ’s covenant obedience to the scriptures says about the scriptures 6. The Word became flesh: From Christology to canon Appendix: Is our doctrine of inerrancy Christological enough? The future of inerrancy and the necessity of dogmatics Bibliography Index of authors Index of Scripture references