Do we need the New Testament? : [manuscript] : letting the Old Testament speak for itself /

Goldingay, John.

Do we need the New Testament? : letting the Old Testament speak for itself / [manuscript] : by John Goldingay. - Downers Grove, Illinois : : InterVarsity Press, c2015. - 183 pages ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Do we need the New Testament? -- Why is Jesus important? -- Was the Holy Spirit present in first testament times? -- The grand narrative and the middle narratives in the first testament and the New Testament -- How people have misread Hebrews -- The costly loss of first testament spirituality -- Memory and Israel's faith, hope, and life -- Moses (and Jesus and Paul) for your hardness of hearts -- Theological interpretation: don't be Christ-centered, don't be trinitarian, don't be constrained by the rule of faith.

9780830824694 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2015010654


Bible.--New Testament--Relation to the Old Testament.
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. New Testament--Relation to the Old Testament.

BS2387 / .G53 2015

230/.041