John Goldingay's Do We Need the New Testament?: Letting the Old Testament PDF

By John Goldingay

can we desire the previous testomony? that is a well-known query, usually requested. yet as an outdated testomony pupil, John Goldingay turns that query on its head: can we want the hot testomony?

What's new concerning the New testomony? in any case, the outdated testomony used to be the one Bible Jesus and the disciples knew. Jesus affirmed it because the note of God. will we desire whatever extra? And what occurs after we start to examine the outdated testomony, that is the 1st testomony, now not as a poor previous paintings short of a christological makeover, yet as a wealthy and opulent revelation of God's faithfulness to Israel and the realm?

In this cheerfully provocative but probingly severe publication, John Goldingay units the query and perspectives it from quite a few angles. less than his specialist hand, every one side unfolds the mind-blowing richness of the previous testomony and demanding situations us to recalibrate our viewpoint on it.

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