A Biblical-Theological Introduction to the Old Testament: The Gospel Promised

by Miles Van Pelt

Publisher:

Crossway

, 2016

Overview

Featuring contributions from 13 respected evangelical scholars, this gospel-centered introduction to the Old Testament will help anyone who teaches or studies Scripture to better see the initial outworking of God’s plan to redeem the world through Jesus Christ. With this valuable overview, readers will learn how to view the Old Testament from a biblical-theological perspective. See the promises of God given in the Old Testament, promises that are kept in the New.

Contents

Top Highlights

“Jesus is the theological center of the Old Testament. This means that the person and work of Jesus as presented in the New Testament (including his birth, life, teachings, death, resurrection, ascension, and return) constitute the singular reality that unifies and explains everything that appears in the Old Testament.” (Page 25)

“Samson was Israel personified—set apart from the womb by the electing grace of God, destined for holiness, but prone to seduction by the femme fatale of other gods, which ended in slavery and death.” (Page 195)

“It is also important to note that at the very beginning, the Old Testament provides no proofs for the existence of God. The Bible presupposes the very being of God; it does not need to be proven. Scripture stands on this very truth: God is.” (Page 49)

“The Book of the Covenant is derivative, applying the principles of the Decalogue to the specific social contexts of Israel as a nation, and it was valid only in that particular era.” (Page 84)

“But I will bring judgment on the nation that they serve, and afterward they shall come out with great possessions’ (15:14). The central message of the book of Exodus is God’s keeping of that promise by delivering Abraham’s offspring from slavery in the land of Egypt.” (Page 69)

Product Details

• Title: A Biblical-Theological Introduction to the Old Testament: The Gospel Promised
• Author: Miles Van Pelt
• Publisher: Crossway
• Print Publication Date: 2016
• Logos Release Date: 2018
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. O.T. › Introductions
• ISBNs: 9781433533464, 9781433533495, 9781433533471, 9781433533488, 1433533464, 1433533499, 1433533472, 1433533480
• Resource ID: LLS:BBLCLTHLGCLTSTM
• Resource Type: text.monograph.biblical-theology
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T22:05:41Z

About Miles Van Pelt

Dr. Miles Van Pelt is Alan Belcher Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Languages and academic dean for the Jackson campus of Reformed Theological Seminary. He has taught at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts and at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts.

He has a deep commitment to and passion for teaching students the Bible in its original languages. To that end, Miles is the coauthor of Basics of Biblical Hebrew: Grammar, Basics of Biblical Hebrew: Workbook, The Vocabulary Guide to Biblical Hebrew, Graded Reader of Biblical Hebrew, and Charts of Biblical Hebrew.

Van Pelt has also contributed to The New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis and to the Eerdman’s Bible Dictionary and served as the Old Testament editor for Zondervan’s expository dictionary of biblical words, Mounce’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old & New Testament Words. At the RTS campus in Jackson, he teaches Hebrew, historical books, prophetic literature, Old Testament biblical theology, and even Greek. He and his wife, Laurie, have four children.