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This book is intended to serve as a methodological introduction to the field of New Testament theology, aimed at a range of readers—undergraduate and Seminary students, clergy, and laypersons interested in the relevance of Scripture. It is a guide which aims to help readers understand how practitioners of New Testament theology have wrestled with the relationship between historical reconstruction...

New Testament theology. The first definition of New Testament theology is that it is “a study of that theology which is exclusively found in or limited to the New Testament”. I refer to this definition as the “foundationalist” view. The second is that it is “a study of that theology which is based upon or rooted in or in accordance with the New Testament”. I refer to this second definition as the “dialectical” view. Both are developed in considerable detail below.18 These two definitions are well
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