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Interpreting the Old Testament Theologically: Essays in Honor of Willem A. VanGemeren is unavailable, but you can change that!

How should Christians read the Old Testament today? Answers to this question gravitate between two poles. On the one hand, some pay little attention to the gap between the Old Testament and today, reading the Old Testament like a devotional allegory that points the Christian directly to Jesus. On the other hand, there are folks who prioritize an Old Testament passage’s original context to such an...

Rather than approach any book of the Bible solely from within the historical situation of that book, readers must admit unashamedly that they come to the reading of that book with colored glasses. They live between the times of Christ’s resurrection and his glorious appearing, and they also live between the horizon of their time and that of the ancient books. But God speaks to them within their own cultural milieu.… The Bible speaks because God speaks! Willem A. VanGemeren1
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