New Testament Theology : Basic Issues in the Current Debate

by Hasel, Gerhard F.

• ISBN13: 9780802817334
• ISBN10: 0802817335
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1978-10-01
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Author Biography

Gerhard F. Hasel is Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Theology at Andrews University.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	p. 7
Introduction	p. 9
Beginnings and Development of Nt Theology	p. 13
From the Reformation to the Enlightenment	p. 14
The Age of Enlightenment	p. 18
From the Englightenment to Dialectical Theology	p. 28
From Dialectical Theology to the Present	p. 53
Methodology in Nt Theology	p. 72
The Thematic Approach	p. 73
The Existentialist Approach	p. 82
The Historical Approach	p. 102
The Salvation History Approach	p. 111
Concluding Remarks	p. 132
The Center and Unity in Nt Theology	p. 140
The Issue	p. 140
The Quest for the Center of the NT	p. 144
Anthropology	p. 144
Salvation History	p. 148
Covenant, Love, and Other Proposals	p. 153
Christology	p. 155
The Center of the NT and the Canon within the Canon	p. 164
Nt Theology and the OT	p. 171
Patterns of Disunity and Discontinuity	p. 173
Overemphasis of NT -- Underemphasis of OT	p. 173
Underemphasis of NT -- Overemphasis of OT	p. 178
Patterns of Unity and Continuity	p. 184
Historical Connection	p. 186
Scriptural Dependence	p. 186
Vocabulary	p. 188
Themes	p. 189
Typology	p. 190
Promise-Fulfillment	p. 193
Salvation History	p. 195
Unity of Perspective	p. 195
Basic Proposals Toward a Nt Theology: A Multiplex Approach	p. 204
NT Theology as a Historical-Theological Discipline	p. 204
NT Theology Based on NT Writings	p. 214
NT Theology Presented on Basis of Books and Blocks of Material	p. 216
NT Theology Presented on Basis of Longitudinal Themes	p. 217
NT Theology Reveals Unity	p. 217
NT Theology and Biblical Theology	p. 219
Selected Bibliography	p. 221
Index of Names	p. 245
Index of Subjects	p. 251
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