message of the authors as established by normal grammatical-historical interpretation; (10) Christologizing the First Testament. That Jesus Christ is the heart and goal (telos) of all revelation (cf. Luke 24:25–35) is an important underlying assumption of Christian exegesis, but it is not the starting point of interpretation for any given text. These are the symptoms of a deeply rooted and pervasive problem. Modern readers offer many excuses for their disinterest in and repudiation of the First Testament:
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