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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