the doctrine. Rather, borrowing the methodology of Brevard Childs, we will explore divine impassibility and other doctrines in light of several intertextually related examples.1 In addition, the canonical readings offered here will not limit themselves to a single Testament but will often entail the challenging task of relating the Old Testament to the New. As has been a constant in all the exegetical work that I have done, I will propose christological readings of the Old Testament that take the