its history,6 one points to the inaugural address of the theologian from Altdorf, Johann Philipp Gabler.7 This is true also for the fields of New Testament Theology and Biblical Theology. This address, delivered on March 30, 1787, has the theme: “Oratio de justo discrimine theologiae biblicae et dogmaticae regundisque recte utriusque finibus” (“On the Proper Distinction between Biblical and Dogmatic Theology and the Specific Objectives of Each”).8 Gabler frees biblical theology from its single purpose
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