and (4) story or metanarrative approaches.10 Each of these seeks to navigate the unity-diversity question in its own distinctive way (though there are commonalities as well).11 First in our taxonomy of biblical theologies is what G. K. Beale recently called “the classic approach.”12 This classic approach involves studying first the message and theological content of individual biblical books, followed by an attempt at synthesis tracing overarching themes across various corpora.