Good news for NTT
Kavin Rowe reviews a number of texts in New Testament Theology (NTT) in JBL (125:6), and finds that “recent work in NTT has reached the point of consensus on the importance of the OT for NTT: readings of the NT that downplay or even erase the fundamental historical and theological significance of the OT for the New contradict the NT itself to such a degree that they cease to be NTT.” “Marcionite hermeneutics” is on its way out. Further, “there is widespread agreement that the import of the OT extends far beynd citations and/or allusions; the entirety of the OT must be taken into account.”
It might be better news if NTT yielded altogether to BT, but one is happy for smaller favors.
Peter Leithart
Peter J. Leithart is President of Theopolis Institute. He is the author of numerous books on theology, literature, and culture, including Theopolitan, Defending Constantine, and Baptized Body.
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