An Intermediate-level Examination of the History, Definition, Method, and Uses of Biblical Theology
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An Intermediate-level Examination of the History, Definition, Method, and Uses of Biblical Theology
Faithful Christians have always recognized the importance of progress in biblical history, especially as it relates to humanity’s fall into sin, and to God’s redemptive work. Biblical theology is a specialized discipline that studies this progress by tracing the development of theological ideas between historical epochs. Used rightly, it is a helpful tool for interpreting and applying the Bible.
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This lesson focuses on a basic orientation toward biblical theology, the development of biblical theology through the centuries, and the interconnections between history and revelation.
This companion video to lesson 1 asks the following questions:
An introductory examination of the Bible's big story, symbolic universe, and love story with James M. Hamilton.
This lesson on synchronic synthesis of the Old Testament touches on three main issues: a basic orientation about what “synchronic synthesis” is; the ways Old Testament passages convey the historical information used in synchronic synthesis; and the synthetic theological structures discovered through synchronic syntheses of the Old Testament historical information.
This companion video to lesson 2 asks the following questions:
In partnership with Third Millennium Ministries, this four-lecture survey of the message, theology, story, and relevance of the Old Testament provides additional detail for the Old Testament portion of the current course.
Diachronic development is the ways theological structures grew or developed over time. This lesson provides a basic orientation toward diachronic development, explores how epochal developments took place between major historical periods or epochs, and looks at how specific topics developed over time in the Old Testament.
This companion video to lesson 3 asks the following questions:
There are many similarities between the ways biblical theology approaches both Testaments, but there are also significant differences. This lesson focuses on: an orientation toward New Testament biblical theology, the development of the Bible’s teaching about eschatology, or the last days (a crucial issue in New Testament biblical theology), and how biblical theologians have approached New Testament eschatology itself.
A companion video to lesson 4 of the same series that asks the following questions:
In this advanced-level course, follow along with Gregory K. Beale as he overviews the New Testament ant its theology.