theology should be exegetical. Still, the terms are chosen because of what each reading emphasizes. An historical-exegetical reading is primarily concerned with discerning the original author’s message to his immediate audience in its specific, historical situation. A theological-canonical reading views the text in light of subsequent revelation. In a theological-canonical reading, the progress of revelation may “refract” on an earlier passage so that the force of the earlier passage is clarified
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