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Old Testament Theology for Christians: From Ancient Context to Enduring Belief is unavailable, but you can change that!

Modern readers of the Bible often find the Old Testament difficult and even disturbing. What are we to do with obscure prophecies of long expired nations? Why should we read and study ancient laws that even the New Testament says are eclipsed by Christ? How can we reconcile Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount with the Old Testament’s graphic narratives of sex and violence? What does the Old Testament...

trends and issues.19 But from the beginning, Old Testament theology has been understood as a historical discipline in contrast to dogmatic theology. Early methodological controversies arose over how important the relationship between the Testaments ought to be and whether the study should operate within the realm of belief or be conducted objectively. And these are the issues that fostered debate between Otto Eissfeldt and Walther Eichrodt in the early twentieth century: Should the study be inherently
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