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The Story Retold: A Biblical-Theological Introduction to the New Testament is unavailable, but you can change that!

New Testament introductions tend to fall into two categories: those that emphasize the history behind the text through discussions of authorship, dating, and audience, and those that explore the content of the text itself. Few introductions have integrated the Old Testament into their discussions, and fewer still are those that rely on the grand narrative of the Old Testament. But the New...

nation is unfaithful in carrying out the divine commission to obey God perfectly and to bring his glory to the ends of the earth. On the other hand, an individual servant successfully and faithfully obeys God and bears the guilt of Israel (Is 42:1–9; 49:1–13; 50:4–11; 52:13–53:12). Isaiah 55–66 switches to the plural servants to designate an obedient group within Israel that identifies with the one faithful servant.15 In washing the disciples’ feet, Jesus directly fulfills Isaiah’s expectation of
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