40 QUESTIONS ABOUT

Biblical Theology

Jason S. DeRouchie

Oren R. Martin

Andrew David Naselli

Benjamin L. Merkle, Series Editor

40 QUESTIONS SERIES

40 Questions About Biblical Theology

© 2020 Jason S. DeRouchie, Oren R. Martin, and Andrew David Naselli

Published by Kregel Academic, an imprint of Kregel Publications, 2450 Oak Industrial Dr. NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505-6020.

This book is a title in the 40 Questions Series edited by Benjamin L. Merkle.

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All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations marked niv are from the Holy Bible, New International Version®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.

The Kingdom acronym and diagram found on pages 30–39 originally appeared in Jason S. DeRouchie, ed., What the Old Testament Authors Really Cared About: A Survey of Jesus’ Bible (Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2013), 39. Used with permission. This figure on page 38 and 361 originally appeared in Jason S. DeRouchie, ed., What the Old Testament Authors Really Cared About: A Survey of Jesus’ Bible (Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2013), 39. Used with permission. The figure on page 73 originally appeared in Peter J. Gentry and Stephen J. Wellum, Kingdom through Covenant: A Biblical-Theological Understanding of the Covenants, 2nd ed. (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2018), 673 (used with permission from Jason T. Parry). The figure on page 76 originally appeared in Andreas J. Köstenberger, L. Scott Kellum, and Charles L. Quarles, The Cradle, the Cross, and the Crown: An Introduction to the New Testament, 2nd ed. (Nashville: B&H, 2016), 260. Used with permission.

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From Jason:

For the Joint Heirs Sunday School Class

of Bethlehem Baptist Church, North Campus

From Oren:

For my children—Jonathan, Anna, and Benjamin

From Andy:

For Professor Layton Talbert

Contents

Introduction

Part 1: Defining Biblical Theology

1. What Do We Mean by “Biblical Theology”?

Andrew David Naselli

2. What Is Scripture’s Storyline?

Jason S. DeRouchie

3. How Does Biblical Theology Help Us See Christ in the Old Testament?

Jason S. DeRouchie

4. How Do the Old and New Testaments Progress, Integrate, and Climax in Christ?

Oren R. Martin

5. How Should Biblical Theology Trace a Theme’s Salvation-Historical Progression?

Andrew David Naselli

6. How Should We Consider Continuity and Discontinuity between the Covenants?

Oren R. Martin

7. How Should Biblical Theology Track Promise and Fulfillment?

Andrew David Naselli

8. How Should Biblical Theology Approach ...