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The Problem of the Old Testament: Hermeneutical, Schematic & Theological Approaches is unavailable, but you can change that!

For Christians, the Old Testament often presents a conundrum. Theologians and laypeople throughout church history have struggled to define it, interpret it, and reconcile it with the New Testament. Laying a foundation for constructive study of the Old Testament, Duane A. Garrett surveys three primary methods Christians have used to handle the Old Testament, from the church fathers to today:...

was trained in the Hebrew Bible (and may well have had it committed to memory). From his youth, his religious mind had been structured around the Hebrew text. The same was undoubtedly true for the other New Testament writers as well, even if they lacked his extensive training. For this reason, one should be careful about speaking of the Septuagint as the Bible of the New Testament authors (as opposed to its Gentile readers).19 Nothing indicates that they developed their core convictions about the
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