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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...

to the Table of Nations in Genesis 10. According to Genesis 10, Noah’s sons multiplied into the “seventy nations,” spreading out over various regions in Mesopotamia. Genesis 11:1 states that the whole earth had “one language and a common speech.” A large number of people that represented the seventy nations attempt to construct a city and a “tower that reaches to the heavens” (Gen 11:4) so that they could make a name for themselves and not be scattered throughout of the earth. This purpose diametrically
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