THE OLD IN THE NEW

Understanding How the New Testament Authors Quoted the Old Testament

MICHAEL J. VLACH

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To the students at The Master’s Seminary who took the class, “New Testament Use of the Old Testament.”

Much in this book is the result of our study together.

CONTENTS

Preface

Introduction

PART ONE

Seven Views on New Testament Use of the Old Testament

1 History of the Study of the Various Views

2 Single Meaning / Multiple Implications

3 Human Meaning Plus Fuller Divine Meaning

4 Second Temple Judaism

5 Canonical Interpretation

6 Inspired Sensus Plenior Application

7 Historical-Exegetical and Theological-Canonical

8 New Testament Reinterpretation of the Old Testament

9 Test Cases

PART TWO

How the New Testament Uses the Old Testament

10 The View of This Book

11 What the OT and NT Authors Understood

12 Literal Prophetic Fulfillment

13 Affirmation That an Old Testament Prophetic Text Not Yet Fulfilled Will Be in the Future

14 Literal Application of Timeless Moral or Theological Point

15 Literal Reliance on an Old Testament Event or Statement

16 Divine Correspondence between Israel and Jesus

17 Divine Correspondence between David and Jesus

18 Generational Fulfillment

PART THREE

Case Studies

19 The Messiah and the Right Hand of God

Psalm 110:1 in the New Testament

20 Man’s Right to Rule

Psalm 8 in the New Testament

21 Betrayal and Thirty Pieces of Silver

Matthew 27:9–10 and Zechariah 11:12–13

22 Resurrection of the Messiah

Psalm 16:8–11 in Acts 2:25–28, 31 and Acts 13:35–37

23 The Servant, Jesus, and Paul

Isaiah 49:6 in Acts 13:47

24 The Salvation of Israel

Isaiah 59:20–21 in Romans 11:26–27

25 The Coming Prophet

Deuteronomy 18:15 in the New Testament

26 Resurrection and David’s Throne

Psalm 132:11 in Acts 2:30

27 Messiah’s Coming Reign

The Old Testament in Revelation 19:15

28 Christian Ministers and Ox Muzzling

Paul’s Use of Deuteronomy 25:4 in 1 Corinthians 9:9–10

29 “Stone” in the New Testament

30 Paul’s Use of “Seed” in Galatians 3:16

31 What Law Are Christians Under?

Paul’s Use of Deuteronomy 30:11–14 in Romans 10:6–8

32 Jesus as New Covenant Lawgiver in

Matthew 5:21–48

33 Giving Gifts to Men

Psalm 68:18 in Ephesians 4:8

34 Israel, Gentiles, and the People of God...

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About The Old in the New: Understanding How the New Testament Authors Quoted the Old Testament

Evangelical scholarship has had over fifty years of extensive (and at times, heated) discussion over the usage of the Old Testament in New Testament. However, now with the appearance of professor Vlach’s book The Old in the New: Understanding How the New Testament Authors Quoted the Old Testament, perhaps we have now come to a grand summary of that extensive dialogue.

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