session 1: introduction to biblical theology
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DATE LOCATION30 SEP 2013 SBTC
INTRODUCTION TO BIBLICAL THEOLOGY SESSION ONE: BIBLICAL THEOLOGY AND THE CHURCH
TUTOR JON SWALESSaturday, 28 September 13
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‘the history of ‘biblical theology’ is extraordinarily diverse. Everyone does that which is right in his or her own eyes, and calls it biblical theology’.....
Biblical theology has become a catchphrase, a wax nose that can mean anything
What is Biblical Theology?
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What is Biblical Theology?
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Johann Philipp Gabler (1787 )
What is Biblical Theology?
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Johann Philipp Gabler (1787 )
What is Biblical Theology?
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Johann Philipp Gabler (1787 )There is truly a biblical theology, of historical origin, conveying what the holy writers felt about divine matters; on the other hand there is a dogmatic theology of didactic origin, teaching what each theologian philosophizes rationally about divine things, according to the measure of his ability or of the times, age, place, sect, school, and other similar factors.
What is Biblical Theology?
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Johann Philipp Gabler (1787 )There is truly a biblical theology, of historical origin, conveying what the holy writers felt about divine matters; on the other hand there is a dogmatic theology of didactic origin, teaching what each theologian philosophizes rationally about divine things, according to the measure of his ability or of the times, age, place, sect, school, and other similar factors.TEXT
EXEGESIS
BIBLICAL THEOLOGY:
DOGMATIC/SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY
What is Biblical Theology?
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Johann Philipp Gabler (1787 )There is truly a biblical theology, of historical origin, conveying what the holy writers felt about divine matters; on the other hand there is a dogmatic theology of didactic origin, teaching what each theologian philosophizes rationally about divine things, according to the measure of his ability or of the times, age, place, sect, school, and other similar factors.
WHAT THE TEXT IS SAYING?
TEXT
EXEGESIS
BIBLICAL THEOLOGY:
DOGMATIC/SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY
What is Biblical Theology?
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Johann Philipp Gabler (1787 )There is truly a biblical theology, of historical origin, conveying what the holy writers felt about divine matters; on the other hand there is a dogmatic theology of didactic origin, teaching what each theologian philosophizes rationally about divine things, according to the measure of his ability or of the times, age, place, sect, school, and other similar factors.
WHAT THE TEXT IS SAYING?
WHAT DO WE COMMUNICATE TO THE CHURCH/WORLD?
TEXT
EXEGESIS
BIBLICAL THEOLOGY:
DOGMATIC/SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY
What is Biblical Theology?
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Johann Philipp Gabler (1787 )There is truly a biblical theology, of historical origin, conveying what the holy writers felt about divine matters; on the other hand there is a dogmatic theology of didactic origin, teaching what each theologian philosophizes rationally about divine things, according to the measure of his ability or of the times, age, place, sect, school, and other similar factors.
WHAT THE TEXT IS SAYING?
WHAT DO WE COMMUNICATE TO THE CHURCH/WORLD?
TEXT
EXEGESIS
BIBLICAL THEOLOGY:
DOGMATIC/SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY ENLIGHTENMENT FILTER
What is Biblical Theology?
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What is Biblical Theology?“Biblical theology is principally concerned with the overall theological message of the whole Bible. It seeks to understand the parts in relation to the whole and, to achieve this, it must work with the mutual interaction of the literary, historical, and theological dimensions of the various corpora, and with the inter-relationships of these within the whole canon of Scripture Biblical theology may be defined as theological interpretation of Scripture in and for the church. It proceeds with historical and literary sensitivity and seeks to analyse and synthesize the Bible's teaching about God and his relations to the world on its own terms, maintaining sight of the Bible's overarching narrative and Christocentric focus.”B. S. Rosner, New Dictionary of Biblical Theology, (IVP, 2000
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What is Biblical Theology?“Biblical theology is principally concerned with the overall theological message of the whole Bible. It seeks to understand the parts in relation to the whole and, to achieve this, it must work with the mutual interaction of the literary, historical, and theological dimensions of the various corpora, and with the inter-relationships of these within the whole canon of Scripture Biblical theology may be defined as theological interpretation of Scripture in and for the church. It proceeds with historical and literary sensitivity and seeks to analyse and synthesize the Bible's teaching about God and his relations to the world on its own terms, maintaining sight of the Bible's overarching narrative and Christocentric focus.”B. S. Rosner, New Dictionary of Biblical Theology, (IVP, 2000
1. UNITY AND DIVERSITY OF SCRIPTURE
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What is Biblical Theology?“Biblical theology is principally concerned with the overall theological message of the whole Bible. It seeks to understand the parts in relation to the whole and, to achieve this, it must work with the mutual interaction of the literary, historical, and theological dimensions of the various corpora, and with the inter-relationships of these within the whole canon of Scripture Biblical theology may be defined as theological interpretation of Scripture in and for the church. It proceeds with historical and literary sensitivity and seeks to analyse and synthesize the Bible's teaching about God and his relations to the world on its own terms, maintaining sight of the Bible's overarching narrative and Christocentric focus.”B. S. Rosner, New Dictionary of Biblical Theology, (IVP, 2000
1. UNITY AND DIVERSITY OF SCRIPTURE
3. FOCUSED AND BROAD
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What is Biblical Theology?“Biblical theology is principally concerned with the overall theological message of the whole Bible. It seeks to understand the parts in relation to the whole and, to achieve this, it must work with the mutual interaction of the literary, historical, and theological dimensions of the various corpora, and with the inter-relationships of these within the whole canon of Scripture Biblical theology may be defined as theological interpretation of Scripture in and for the church. It proceeds with historical and literary sensitivity and seeks to analyse and synthesize the Bible's teaching about God and his relations to the world on its own terms, maintaining sight of the Bible's overarching narrative and Christocentric focus.”B. S. Rosner, New Dictionary of Biblical Theology, (IVP, 2000
1. UNITY AND DIVERSITY OF SCRIPTURE
3. FOCUSED AND BROAD
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What is Biblical Theology?“Biblical theology is principally concerned with the overall theological message of the whole Bible. It seeks to understand the parts in relation to the whole and, to achieve this, it must work with the mutual interaction of the literary, historical, and theological dimensions of the various corpora, and with the inter-relationships of these within the whole canon of Scripture Biblical theology may be defined as theological interpretation of Scripture in and for the church. It proceeds with historical and literary sensitivity and seeks to analyse and synthesize the Bible's teaching about God and his relations to the world on its own terms, maintaining sight of the Bible's overarching narrative and Christocentric focus.”B. S. Rosner, New Dictionary of Biblical Theology, (IVP, 2000
1. UNITY AND DIVERSITY OF SCRIPTURE
3. FOCUSED AND BROAD
4. ECCLESIAL CONTEXT
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What is Biblical Theology?“Biblical theology is principally concerned with the overall theological message of the whole Bible. It seeks to understand the parts in relation to the whole and, to achieve this, it must work with the mutual interaction of the literary, historical, and theological dimensions of the various corpora, and with the inter-relationships of these within the whole canon of Scripture Biblical theology may be defined as theological interpretation of Scripture in and for the church. It proceeds with historical and literary sensitivity and seeks to analyse and synthesize the Bible's teaching about God and his relations to the world on its own terms, maintaining sight of the Bible's overarching narrative and Christocentric focus.”B. S. Rosner, New Dictionary of Biblical Theology, (IVP, 2000
1. UNITY AND DIVERSITY OF SCRIPTURE
3. FOCUSED AND BROAD
4. ECCLESIAL CONTEXT
5. OT/NT
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What is Biblical Theology?“Biblical theology is principally concerned with the overall theological message of the whole Bible. It seeks to understand the parts in relation to the whole and, to achieve this, it must work with the mutual interaction of the literary, historical, and theological dimensions of the various corpora, and with the inter-relationships of these within the whole canon of Scripture Biblical theology may be defined as theological interpretation of Scripture in and for the church. It proceeds with historical and literary sensitivity and seeks to analyse and synthesize the Bible's teaching about God and his relations to the world on its own terms, maintaining sight of the Bible's overarching narrative and Christocentric focus.”B. S. Rosner, New Dictionary of Biblical Theology, (IVP, 2000
1. UNITY AND DIVERSITY OF SCRIPTURE
3. FOCUSED AND BROAD
4. ECCLESIAL CONTEXT
5. OT/NT
6. USES LANGUAGE AND CATEGORIES OF SCRIPTURE
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What is Biblical Theology?“Biblical theology is principally concerned with the overall theological message of the whole Bible. It seeks to understand the parts in relation to the whole and, to achieve this, it must work with the mutual interaction of the literary, historical, and theological dimensions of the various corpora, and with the inter-relationships of these within the whole canon of Scripture Biblical theology may be defined as theological interpretation of Scripture in and for the church. It proceeds with historical and literary sensitivity and seeks to analyse and synthesize the Bible's teaching about God and his relations to the world on its own terms, maintaining sight of the Bible's overarching narrative and Christocentric focus.”B. S. Rosner, New Dictionary of Biblical Theology, (IVP, 2000
1. UNITY AND DIVERSITY OF SCRIPTURE
3. FOCUSED AND BROAD
4. ECCLESIAL CONTEXT
5. OT/NT
6. USES LANGUAGE AND CATEGORIES OF SCRIPTURE
7. PRESCRIPTIVE
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What is Biblical Theology?“Biblical theology is principally concerned with the overall theological message of the whole Bible. It seeks to understand the parts in relation to the whole and, to achieve this, it must work with the mutual interaction of the literary, historical, and theological dimensions of the various corpora, and with the inter-relationships of these within the whole canon of Scripture Biblical theology may be defined as theological interpretation of Scripture in and for the church. It proceeds with historical and literary sensitivity and seeks to analyse and synthesize the Bible's teaching about God and his relations to the world on its own terms, maintaining sight of the Bible's overarching narrative and Christocentric focus.”B. S. Rosner, New Dictionary of Biblical Theology, (IVP, 2000
1. UNITY AND DIVERSITY OF SCRIPTURE
3. FOCUSED AND BROAD
4. ECCLESIAL CONTEXT
5. OT/NT
6. USES LANGUAGE AND CATEGORIES OF SCRIPTURE
7. PRESCRIPTIVE
8. THEOLOGICAL
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Brevard Childs (1923-2007)
‘The role of the Bible is not bring understood simply as a cultural expression of ancient peoples, but as a testimony pointing beyond itself to a divine reality to which it bears witness... Such an approach to the Bible is obviously confessional. Yet the Enlightenment’s alternative proposal that was to confine the Bible solely to the arena of human experience is just as much a philosophical commitment.’ Biblical Theology: A Proposal (2002, 12)
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What is Biblical Theology?“Biblical theology is principally concerned with the overall theological message of the whole Bible. It seeks to understand the parts in relation to the whole and, to achieve this, it must work with the mutual interaction of the literary, historical, and theological dimensions of the various corpora, and with the inter-relationships of these within the whole canon of Scripture Biblical theology may be defined as theological interpretation of Scripture in and for the church. It proceeds with historical and literary sensitivity and seeks to analyse and synthesize the Bible's teaching about God and his relations to the world on its own terms, maintaining sight of the Bible's overarching narrative and Christocentric focus.”B. S. Rosner, New Dictionary of Biblical Theology, (IVP, 2000
1. UNITY AND DIVERSITY OF SCRIPTURE
3. FOCUSED AND BROAD
4. ECCLESIAL CONTEXT
5. OT/NT
6. USES LANGUAGE AND CATEGORIES OF SCRIPTURE
7. PRESCRIPTIVE
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What is Biblical Theology?“Biblical theology is principally concerned with the overall theological message of the whole Bible. It seeks to understand the parts in relation to the whole and, to achieve this, it must work with the mutual interaction of the literary, historical, and theological dimensions of the various corpora, and with the inter-relationships of these within the whole canon of Scripture Biblical theology may be defined as theological interpretation of Scripture in and for the church. It proceeds with historical and literary sensitivity and seeks to analyse and synthesize the Bible's teaching about God and his relations to the world on its own terms, maintaining sight of the Bible's overarching narrative and Christocentric focus.”B. S. Rosner, New Dictionary of Biblical Theology, (IVP, 2000
1. UNITY AND DIVERSITY OF SCRIPTURE
3. FOCUSED AND BROAD
4. ECCLESIAL CONTEXT
5. OT/NT
6. USES LANGUAGE AND CATEGORIES OF SCRIPTURE
7. PRESCRIPTIVE
8. THEOLOGICAL
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What is Biblical Theology?“Biblical theology is principally concerned with the overall theological message of the whole Bible. It seeks to understand the parts in relation to the whole and, to achieve this, it must work with the mutual interaction of the literary, historical, and theological dimensions of the various corpora, and with the inter-relationships of these within the whole canon of Scripture Biblical theology may be defined as theological interpretation of Scripture in and for the church. It proceeds with historical and literary sensitivity and seeks to analyse and synthesize the Bible's teaching about God and his relations to the world on its own terms, maintaining sight of the Bible's overarching narrative and Christocentric focus.”B. S. Rosner, New Dictionary of Biblical Theology, (IVP, 2000
1. UNITY AND DIVERSITY OF SCRIPTURE
3. FOCUSED AND BROAD
4. ECCLESIAL CONTEXT
5. OT/NT
6. USES LANGUAGE AND CATEGORIES OF SCRIPTURE
7. PRESCRIPTIVE
8. THEOLOGICAL
9. NARRATIVAL
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Grahem GoldsworthyFrom the evangelical preacher's point of view, biblical theology involves the quest for the big picture, or the overview of biblical revelation. It is of the nature of biblical theology that it tells a story rather than sets out timeless principles in abstraction. It does contain many timeless principles, but not in abstract. They are given in an historical context of progressive revelation. If we allow the Bible to tell its own story, we find a coherent and meaningful whole. G. L. Goldsworthy, Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture, (IVP, 2000)
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What is Biblical Theology?“Biblical theology is principally concerned with the overall theological message of the whole Bible. It seeks to understand the parts in relation to the whole and, to achieve this, it must work with the mutual interaction of the literary, historical, and theological dimensions of the various corpora, and with the inter-relationships of these within the whole canon of Scripture Biblical theology may be defined as theological interpretation of Scripture in and for the church. It proceeds with historical and literary sensitivity and seeks to analyse and synthesize the Bible's teaching about God and his relations to the world on its own terms, maintaining sight of the Bible's overarching narrative and Christocentric focus.”B. S. Rosner, New Dictionary of Biblical Theology, (IVP, 2000
1. UNITY AND DIVERSITY OF SCRIPTURE
3. FOCUSED AND BROAD
4. ECCLESIAL CONTEXT
5. OT/NT
6. USES LANGUAGE AND CATEGORIES OF SCRIPTURE
7. PRESCRIPTIVE
8. THEOLOGICAL
9. NARRATIVAL
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What is Biblical Theology?“Biblical theology is principally concerned with the overall theological message of the whole Bible. It seeks to understand the parts in relation to the whole and, to achieve this, it must work with the mutual interaction of the literary, historical, and theological dimensions of the various corpora, and with the inter-relationships of these within the whole canon of Scripture Biblical theology may be defined as theological interpretation of Scripture in and for the church. It proceeds with historical and literary sensitivity and seeks to analyse and synthesize the Bible's teaching about God and his relations to the world on its own terms, maintaining sight of the Bible's overarching narrative and Christocentric focus.”B. S. Rosner, New Dictionary of Biblical Theology, (IVP, 2000
1. UNITY AND DIVERSITY OF SCRIPTURE
3. FOCUSED AND BROAD
4. ECCLESIAL CONTEXT
5. OT/NT
6. USES LANGUAGE AND CATEGORIES OF SCRIPTURE
7. PRESCRIPTIVE
8. THEOLOGICAL
9. NARRATIVAL
10. CHRISTOCENTRIC
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Suppose there exists a Shakespeare play whose fifth act had been lost. The first four acts provide, let us suppose, such a wealth of characterization, such a crescendo of excitement within the plot, that it is generally agreed that the play ought to be staged. Nevertheless, it is felt inappropriate actually to write a fifth act once and for all: it would freeze the play into one form, and commit Shakespeare as it were to being prospectively responsible for work not in fact his own. Better, it might be felt, to give the key parts to highly trained, sensitive and experienced Shakespearian actors, who would immerse themselves in the first four acts, and in the language and culture of Shakespeare and his time, and who would then be told to work out a fifth act for themselves.
ACT 1 CREATIONACT 2 FALLACT 3 ISRAELACT 4 JESUSACT 5 CHURCH
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