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How does the New Testament echo the Old? Which versions of the Hebrew Scriptures were authoritative for New Testament writers? The appearance of concepts, images, and passages from the Old Testament in the books of the New raises important questions about textual versions, allusions, and the differences between ancient and modern meaning. Written by ten distinguished scholars, Hearing the Old...

Two papers have focused upon foundational issues in such a discussion. The first is by Dennis Stamps on the question of method. This paper helps to set the agenda for all that follows. The first part of the paper provides a brief general survey of the key issues related to the understanding of the use of the Old Testament in the New. Here Stamps looks at such topics as terminology, hermeneutics, and theological questions. He suggests that the multiplicity of interpretative goals in evidence among
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