. The Old Testament by itself is not Christian Scripture, nor is the New Testament by itself; they function as such only within tota Scriptura. We do not read the Old Testament truthfully unless we read it as the Old Testament, which is “fulfilled” in the New. Thus a trinitarian hermeneutic commits us to biblical theology and typology, with their quest for the inner unity of the Bible. In chapter 3 (below) I will argue for the
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