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The crowning achievement for students of the New Testament is to grasp the whole while discerning the parts, to derive contemporary theological meaning without compromising historical accuracy, to respect the integrity of the ancient texts while interpreting validly within the structures of modern and postmodern consciousness. But how is it possible to communicate the diversely expressed faith of...

both to exegesis and church history is not the same thing as a theology of the New Testament writings or theology of the New Testament. The number and order of the writings in the canon is not the work of the New Testament authors but represents the theological understanding of others.37 Their view prevailed for good reasons but is not the view of the individual New Testament writings. As a collection that established the horizon of interpretation and facilitated group identity, we can speak of a
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