THE NEW TESTAMENT RECEPTION OF THE OLD TESTAMENT Mogens Müller Introduction For the authors of the New Testament the holy writings of Judaism were a basic generator of meaning in their conceptual universe. In their eyes Jesus Christ was not just someone who appeared in his own right; his life story was believed to be deeply integrated in the revelation embodied in the collection of books later called the Old Testament. Consequently the New Testament cannot be read as independent or self-sufficient
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