Tuesday, February 5, 2008

New Testament Theology

I just finished reading the introduction and chapter 9 in Tom Schreiner's forthcoming New Testament Theology: Magnifying God in Christ
It can be pre-ordered from Amazon. Anyone familiar with Schreiner knows he is an A-class scholar and Southern Baptist should be proud to call him one of their own.
It seems that Schreiner has engaged a range of scholarship in his research and production of this book. Among the many options available for writing a New Testament Theology he has taken a thematic approach. His defense and reasons for taking this approach are both insightful as well as rooted in the need for developing a biblical theology. I totally agree with him, that biblical theology is important and in particular need in the age in which we live. It is important to put forth and teach the metanarrative of the Bible.
I am sure when the book is released in May it will become an instant hit with pastors, laity, scholars, and students of the Bible.
Suggestion: be sure to get a first printing.

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