Reading Jesus’s Bible: How the New Testament Helps Us Understand the Old Testament
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Overview
For Jesus and his contemporaries, what we now know as the Old Testament was simply the Scriptures—and it was the fundamental basis of how people understood their relationship with God. In this book John Goldingay uncovers five major ways in which the New Testament uses the Old Testament. His discussion paves the way for contemporary readers to understand and appreciate the Old Testament more fully.
Along with an overview of how Jesus and the first Christian writers read the Old Testament, illustrated with passages from Matthew, Romans, 1 Corinthians, and Hebrews, Goldingay offers a straightforward introduction to the Old Testament in its own right. Reading Jesus’s Bible will shed fresh Old Testament light on Jesus, God, and the church for readers today.
- Examines the nature of the Old Testament
- Considers ways in which Jesus and the first Christian writers used the First Testament
- Provides pointers toward ways in which modern readers might approach it
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Story
- Chapter 3: Promises
- Chapter 4: Ideas
- Chapter 5: Relationship
- Chapter 6: Life
- Chapter 7: Conclusion
In an age of increased specialization few biblical scholars explore the forward and backward movement between Old Testament and New. It is to John Goldingay’s credit that he does precisely that in such an accessible manner in this book. He brings his years of research, writing, and teaching to bear on this critically important subject. Like me, readers may not agree with him at every point, but if this book inspires us to attend more closely to the terrain Goldingay covers so lucidly, this rich work will have done its job. Essential reading!
—Craig G. Bartholomew, Redeemer University College
John Goldingay pushes the reader to see how much the OT helps us interpret the NT, but also ways the NT helps us have fresh reading of the OT.
—Review and Expositor
Goldingay is one of the premier voices (and delightful provocateurs) demanding the value of the Old/First Testament for Christian theology and living. His work never fails to make the case compelling and the journey worthwhile.
—Review of Biblical Literature
John Goldingay is David Allan Hubbard Professor of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary and priest-in-charge of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Pasadena, California. His many other books include Do We Need the New Testament? Letting the Old Testament Speak for Itself and Old Testament Theology: Israel’s Gospel.