Biblical Theology

Ever since Brevard Childs's 1970 declaration of the crisis in biblical theology, the discipline has faced rumours of its imminent demise. But the patient refuses to die. The doctors continue to argue over how to proceed with treatment and even over whether treatment is worth pursuing, but the patient hangs on.  
  
The turn of the millennium appears to be a good time for a fresh assessment of the discipline, where it has been, the status of various questions within it and its future prospects. Scott Hafemann pulls together a crack team of practitioners, scholars from the disciplines of both Old and New Testament studies, to give us a status report  
  
1. Biblical Theology: Retrospect and Prospect--*Scott J. Hafemann*  
  
**Part 1: The Question of the "Old Testament"**  
2. Biblical Theology and the Composition of the Hebrew Bible--*John H. Sailhamer*  
3. Genesis 1-4: The Genesis of Old Testament Instruction--*Brian G. Toews*  
4. Genesis 2:1-17: A Foreshadowing of the New Creation--*William J. Dumbrell*  
5. Geography and Genealogy, Dominion and Dynasty: A Theology of the Hebrew Bible--*Stephen G. Dempster*  
6. What is "Canonical" About a Canonical Biblical Theology?: Genesis as a Case Study of Recent Old Testament Proposals--*Richard Shultz*  
7. Psalms and Psalter: Paradigm for Biblical Theology--*Gerald H. Wilson*  
8. Figural Representation and Canonical Unity--*M. Jay Wells*  
  
**Part 2: The Witness of the "New Testament"**  
9. Jesus' Vision for the Restoration of Israel as the Basis for a Biblical Theology of the New Testament--*James M. Scott*  
10. Diversity and Unity in the New Testament--*Andreas J. Kostenberger*  
11. The New Testament and New Creation--*G.K. Beale*  
12. My Experience with Biblical Theology--*Peter Stuhlmacher*  
  
Part 3: The Unity of the Bible  
13. Two Testaments and the Failure of One Tradition History-*Christopher R. Seitz*  
14. Dialogic Conceptions of Language and the Problem of Biblical Unity--*Nicholas Perrin*  
15. The Conceptual Structure of New Testament Theology--*Stephen E. Fowl*  
16. Progressive Dispensationalism and the Law/Gospel Contrast: A Case Study in Biblical Theology--*Daniel P. Fuller*  
17. The Future of Biblical Theology--*Ted M. Dorman*  
  
Part 4: Biblical Theology  
18. Biblical Theology and the Wholeness of Scripture: Steps Toward a Program for the Future--*Paul R. House*  
19. Biblical Theology as the Heartbeat of Effective Ministry--*Graeme L. Goldsworthy.  
***--Publisher.***  
  


Edited by Scott J. Hafemann, this compreshensive text addresses the state of the discipline of biblical theology, analyzes the history and future of methodological issues, tackles specific problems in the separate disciplines of Old and New Testament theology, and outlines a way forward.*Read less