Do we need the New Testament?
Subtitle: letting the Old Testament speak for itself
By: John Goldingay
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Downers Grove, Illinois
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9780830824694
Subjects: Relation to the Old Testament; Criticism, interpretation; Bible
Description: "Do we need the Old Testament? That's a familiar question, often asked. But as an Old Testament scholar, John Goldingay turns that question on its head: Do we need the New Testament? In this cheerfully provocative yet probingly serious book, John Goldingay views the question from a variety of angles. Under his skilled hand, each facet unfolds the surprising richness of the Old Testament and challenges us to recalibrate our perspective on it."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Do we need the New Testament?; title: Why is Jesus important?; title: Was the Holy Spirit present in first testament times?; title: The grand narrative and the middle narratives in the first testament and the New Testament; title: How people have misread Hebrews; title: The costly loss of first testament spirituality; title: Memory and Israel's faith, hope, and life; title: Moses (and Jesus and Paul) for your hardness of hearts; title: Theological interpretation: don't be Christ-centered, don't be trinitarian, don't be constrained by the rule of faith.