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From Prophecy to Testament: The Function of the Old Testament in the New is unavailable, but you can change that!

The theology of the New Testament is indebted to—and a reflection of—major Old Testament themes, images, and language, because the New Testament authors wrote in the context of the Old Testament and the rich Jewish tradition of the study and interpretation of Scripture. A group of ancient Jewish writers provided the Christian church with its Old Testament Greek text (the Septuagint) and provided...

that the story as we have it was composed with the Isaiah text in mind. Matthew has told this story in order to prepare for the Immanuel citation.65 Technically, Matthew’s citation is largely Septuagintal, the only variation being his change from “you will call” to “they will call” (cf. MT: “she will call”).66 Though not of particular concern for our argument, Matthew may be following a Greek text unknown to us—the various versions diverging here. Or if Chris Stanley is correct, Matthew is simply
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