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{en} Bradley H. McLean. The Old Testament in Early Christianity: Canon and Interpretation in the Light of Modern Research. Tübingen : J.C.B. Mohr, 1991. <WorldCat 200+>

Abstract

E. Earle Ellis examines the Old Testament canon in the early church and biblical interpretation in the New Testament. He writes from the conviction that "the use of the Old Testament by the New Testament writers is the primary key to their theology and, thus, to the message of God that they taught the early church and that they continue to teach the church today."

Contents

The Old Testament canon in the early Church. Introduction -- The determination of the canon -- The canon as a Hermeneutical process -- Conclusion -- Old Testament quotations in the new: a brief history of the research. Introduction -- A sketch of the history of the research -- Conclusion -- Biblical interpretation in the New Testament church. Introduction -- Exegetical methods -- Perspective and presuppostions -- Conclusion -- Appendix I : Jesus and his Bible. What was the Bible of Jesus -- Jesus' attitude toward his Bible -- Jesus' method of interpretation -- Conclusion -- Appendix II : Typological interpretation-and its rivals. Early Christianity and Judaism -- The modern church -- Criticisms of typological interpretations -- Typology and the unity of the New Testament.

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