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A key emphasis of Brevard Childs’ distinguished career has been to show not only that the canon of Scripture comprises both Old and New Testaments but also that the concept of “canon” includes the way the Christian church continues to wrestle in every age with the meaning of its sacred texts. In this new volume Childs uses the book of Isaiah as a case study of the church’ s endeavor throughout...

The modern scholarly study of Justin’s works initially focused on his Greek text as a witness to the early historical development of the Septuagint within the church. More recent attention has broadened the scope to describe his Judeo-Christian setting and to determine the various forces influencing his theology. However, the importance of Justin’s biblical exegesis has generally been downplayed as something quite primitive and completely overshadowed by later
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